An irregular round-up of interesting reads. Most of these made me go "hmmmmm," none of them imply concurrence:
"Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed." - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Research on hostile, aggressive, partisan online behavior shows an interesting curvilinear relationship.
More research on the positive impact of k12 dual enrollment on higher-ed degree attainment.
Norm-wrecking the new bipartisan American trend per research.
Globally, economic freedom and quality education are correlated per a recent study.
More evidence that water fluoridation is not helpful to children.
The unintended consequence from prohibition or bans on e-cigarettes
Predatory impacts of DEI programs gets studied.
Gender differences amongst students emerge in instruction-following versus exploration.
Research indicates a backlash against the self-interested political endorsements by big unions in campaigns amongst General Election voting populations.
A study suggests a correlation between the decline of local news and the rise of political polarization
Sadly, a study finds that workers would trade up to 3% in annual compensation to work with politically congruent or aligned co-workers.
Evidence suggests that locally elected school boards demonstrate funding bias driving greater inequality within poor performing districts.
While politically popular, the evidence behind early start programs continues to mount that they lack durability.
From good to great, targeted mentorship programs and after-school academic clubs' impact is studied.
Promising indications from research on SEL (not all SEL programs are equal! Content matters) among teachers and students are reviewed.
Confirming common sense: The more parents learn about the quality of schools, the more they prefer higher-quality performance.