Originally posted on Research Digest:
By Emma Young “Microdosing” psychedelic drugs involves regularly taking amounts so tiny that they don’t impair a person’s normal functioning, but — it’s claimed — subtly enhance wellbeing, concentration and creativity. In May, for example, the Digest reported on a study that found hints of reduced stress and increased emotional intensity…

For people who have been teaching for a while the results of this new study probably won’t come as a surprise. I even can imagine that people well familiar with things such as dual coding will have guessed the answer to the question in the title: first the object before the label! From the press… Read More Interesting study about what needs to come first for learning: the object or the description

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Here is a “mea culpa” from Nick Hanauer, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who made his fortune in technology companies. Hanauer gave much money to transform schools so that they could become engines of equity erasing economic and social inequalities (and poverty as well)…