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The Most Educated (News and Research 313) 25 Most Educated Countries In the World | Education can also increase incomes. According to the World Bank, the economic returns on average of a tertiary education is a 17% increase in earnings compared to a 10% increase for primary education and a 7% increase for a secondary […]
The Most Educated — Education, economics and public policy
BY RICHARD P. PHELPS With each public remark a scholar may add to society’s collective working memory or subtract from it. Their addition is the new research they present in a journal article or conference presentation. 19 more words
Subtractive Scholarship — ACADEME BLOG
POSTED BY THE AAUP Volume 14: Landscapes of Power and Academic Freedom The 2023 issue of the Journal of Academic Freedom seeks original articles that investigate the links between landscapes of social power and the historical development and contemporary status of academic freedom. 12 more words
Journal of Academic Freedom Call for Papers — ACADEME BLOG
Erica Woolway and I had a great visit to University Prep Middle School in the Bronx yesterday. What a warm and positive school with real rigor and a focus on knowledge. 733 more words
Little Things We Loved About Spencer Davis’ Retrieval Practice — | Teach Like a Champion | Teach Like a Champion
Schneider Shorts 20.012023 – an Imperial retraction, investigators appointed in Stanford, a sexual harasser arrives in Harvard, greedy crook reverses aging, with another Cassava paper whitewashed, the secret of high impact factors, why some Italian fraudster’s papers are safe.
Schneider Shorts 20.01.2023 – Mistakes are inevitable — For Better Science
The research environment is in a state of hyper-competition. Researchers are jostling for grants and jobs. In an era of intense emphasis on measuring academic performance, there has been a proliferation of research misconduct and of questionable behaviours. Intense competition and inadequate assessment can create a culture that implicitly encourages misconduct.What are the most common […]
Publish or perish : the rise of research misconduct — LARI
Image Credit: Michael Mims on unsplash.com In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States engaged in an innovative policy experiment: for one year, the federal government expanded the existing child tax credit—making it available to families with little or no earnings, increasing the credit amount, and providing monthly payments instead of an annual payment…
Ending Child Poverty: Lessons from a One-Year Expansion of the Child Tax Credit — Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
A Message to High School Teachers and Principals I would like to believe that many of the high school teachers and administrators who will read this are the products of a liberal education. 491 more words
HIGH SCHOOL — The Concord Review – Will’s Blog
Academic Questions Fall 2022, 83 Richard Phelps (excerpt) For decades, the indefatigable Will Fitzhugh has refused to stop reminding us of the stark and stubborn paradox of American culture, both apparent and hidden at virtually every U.S. 118 more words
RICHARD PHELPS — The Concord Review – Will’s Blog
I spent my last five posts (besides the post announcing tomorrow and next Thursday’s FC conference) critiquing the arguments made by Gernsbacher and Yergeau in their 2019 article, “Empirical Failures of the Claim That Autistic People Lack a Theory of Mind.” Gernsbacher and Yergeau’s central argument is that ToM tests lack empirical validity. They argue, […]
Is there really no Theory of Mind deficit in autism? Part VI: problematic references — Catherine & Katharine
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