Why do South African teachers still threaten children with a beating? A psychologist explains

Corporal punishment—usually referring to adults hitting children—was abolished in South Africa in 1997. The Constitutional ...
Government Executive

A pandemic-era NSF internship pilot may have done more than fill a temporary gap

The remote program may have helped students who could not take part in person and offers lessons for how internships could ...
Science Daily

Wildfires are polluting the air far more than thought

Scientists have discovered that wildfires release far more air-polluting gases than previously estimated. Many of these ...
Stanford Social Innovation ReviewOpinion

Making Behavioral Science Work for Conservation

At its core, conservation is about behavior change. Yet few organizations have put in place the structure, standards, and ...
The Miami TimesOpinion

Why being a Black, female science teacher matters so much to students who look like me

What do you want to be when you grow up?” I asked my fourth graders as we circled up for our morning meeting. Hands shot up: ...

5 ‘Attachment Lessons’ Of Love All Adults Must Know, By A Psychologist

Here are five clear lessons about closeness, distance, fear, repair and growth, the five crucial building blocks of ...

With Trump’s NIH Cuts, New Efforts Are Pushing States To Fund Science

With major NIH cuts under Trump, here are initiatives in states like New York, California and Massachusetts to get state ...
Talk Business & PoliticsOpinion

For teachers, materials matter

The phrase “high-quality instructional materials” sounds boring, even to me, and I’m a teacher. But the blandness of the ...
Briefly on MSN

“That’s a Calling”: Brilliant SA Teacher Delivers a Lesson to Chinese Learners, SA Impressed

A Zulu man shared a TikTok video of his earth science lesson delivery, showing his love for the craft and for his Chinese ...