The moral depravity of the Republican party
Following up on yesterday ' s post about how rich yet unequal we are, it ' s very important to debunk the common idea that Republican voters are somehow responding to " economic anxiety " or the relative decline in income of people with limited formal education. In the first place, the median income of Republican voters is higher than the average median income. They are mostly skilled tradespeople, small business owners, and even very affluent people who work in financial services or technology industries. Yes, there is an urban/rural divide, but most of these voters aren ' t people living in shacks down in the hollo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 1, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Educational Freedom
Colleen HroncichAs we head toward Independence Day on Monday, it seems like a good time to consider educational freedom.If we were designing a system of education today, it ’s unlikely anyone would suggest building schools and assigning kids to them based on where they live. No other area of life works that way—not even other levels of education, like preschool or college. Food stamp recipients aren’t assigned to government‐run grocery stores. Medicare and M edicaid don’t require recipients to see a ZIP ‐code assigned doctor. K‑12 education is an anomaly.It ’s easy to see why children w...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Hunting Disease-Causing Genetic Variants
Dr. Miriam Meisler. Credit: University of Michigan Medical School.
“In my lab, we’ve been gene hunters—starting with visible phenotypes, or characteristics, and searching for the responsible genes,” says Miriam Meisler, Ph.D., the Myron Levine Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. During her career, Dr. Meisler has identified the functions of multiple genes and has shown how genetic variants, or mutations, can impact human health.
Becoming a Scientist
Dr. Meisler had a strong interest in science as a child, which she credits to “growing up at the tim...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 29, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Genes Injury and Illness Diseases DNA Profiles Research Organisms Scientific Process Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: STOP Award to Transform Education
Colleen HroncichSustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless. These are the core principles underlying a new initiative —the STOP Award—created to honor the work of educators in the wake of COVID-19 and expand access to exciting educational opportunities.Last August, education advocate and philanthropist Janine Yass announced the creation of the STOP Award, featuring the $1 million Yass Prize. Describing her inspiration, Janine says, “When we started this award, as we watched the tragic impact of Covid on education across this country, our gloom turned to joy as we saw how many organizations we...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 24, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Why A ﹠P Faculty Need to Become Students | TAPP 117
Sure, we're alllife-long learners. But taking anactual college course from time to time throughout our teaching career can haveunexpected benefits.Olfactory adaptation helps a lot when visiting the zoo, of course, buthow does it really work? Researchers have found some new answers. Did you know thatcerebrospinal fluid affects the process of memory? It does and we'll find out how.00:00 | Introduction00:43 | Olfactory Adaptation06:23 | Sponsored by AAA07:06 | CSF and Cognitive Decline10:57 | Sponsored by HAPI11:47 | Enrolling as a Student in a Course21:33 | Sponsored by HAPS22:24 | Lessons from Being a Student36:03 ...
Source: The A and P Professor - June 21, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Urban Cottage Educational Collaborative
Colleen Hroncich“Kids are each unique. But in too many school settings, they aren’t allowed to need individual differentiation—the system tries to take their uniqueness out of them,” says Marissa Hess, founder ofUrban Cottage in Tampa, FL.Marissa wanted something different for herself and her children. “Even within my own three children, there were different needs,” she says. “Some were gifted and needed extra challenges. But we also had some learning disabilities that needed extra time. I wanted each of them to be seen for who they are, and that wasn’t happening.”A former homeschooler herself, Marissa d...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 17, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Teachers' Stress, Drug Dealing in San Francisco, Preventing Mass Shootings: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on stress among America ' s educators, what state governments can do to prevent targeted violence, stopping open-air drug dealing in San Francisco, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 17, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
10 suggestions for a smoother high school experience
I used to spend most of my day listening. As a high school counselor, I encouraged teenagers to talk. Feeling stressed, they said, is their automatic response to demanding teachers, parents’ high expectations, and the drama of shifting friendship alliances. Daily dilemmas and problems affect everyone: the terrified boy who just heard rumors he wasRead more …10 suggestions for a smoother high school experience originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/harriet-levy" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > Harriet Levy < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Massachusetts Vocational ‐Technical Schools
Colleen HroncichSitting in a classroom all day doesn ’t work for many kids. Some of the innovative education models that are exploding recognize this fact.Forest schools,hybrid schools,unschooling, andmicroschoolstypically offer children flexible ways to learn that can help keep them more engaged than they would be in a conventional classroom.Another option for students who are looking for a more hands ‐on approach to education is vocational‐technical school, also known as career and technical education or CTE. This can be particularly important in states like Massachusetts that have no private s...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 10, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
There Is Joy in Hell Tonight: A Teaching Story
There is Joy in Hell Tonight: A Teaching StoiyEvery day on her way to work, Edna passed the bakery where a man, whom she thought of as Mister Skin and Bones, sat on the ground near the door and breathed deeply each time the door opened, hoping that the delightful aroma would enter his lungs and provide some molecules of nutrition or if not, at least diminish his hunger pains.She had wanted to help the starving man, but when she mentioned the need at her church, she was rebuffed with a sneer by the youth pastor, who said, “You should be ashamed even to think about such a so-called good deed. Giving that m...
Source: The Virtual Salt - June 9, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
Why Anatomy & Physiology Students Need Sectional Anatomy | TAPP 116
HostKevin Patton talks about why our anatomy& physiology students need to experience and get comfortable withsectional anatomy,Terry Thompson shares some thoughts ondeadline terminology—and she gives us a thoughtful book review andrecommendation for The A&P Professor Book Club—and we review a fewslide tricks.0:00:00 | Introduction0:00:50 | Expiration Dates0:05:02 | Sponsored by AAA0:06:19 | Slide Tricks (Again)0:25:15 | Sponsored by HAPI0:26:28 | Book Club: I Contain Multitudes0:33:13 | Sponsored by HAPS0:34:19 | Sectional Anatomy0:53:45 | Finding Media0:55:19 | More Sectional Anatomy1:07:12 | S...
Source: The A and P Professor - June 7, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Young children think that teachers who count out rewards are fairer that those who don ’t
By Matthew Warren
In just the first few years of life, children develop a strong sense of fairness. At 16 months old, toddlers will reward someone who has fairly distributed food or toys between two other people, for example. By two, they tend to share toys equally themselves.
A new study shows that children’s judgements of fairness also take into account the method by which resources have been allocated. Kids as young as four think that a teacher who has counted out cookies for a reward is fairer than one who gives that exact same reward without counting. The research, published in Cognition, suggests that when...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 6, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Developmental Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Unschooling
Colleen HroncichOne of the more controversial ideas in education seems to be unschooling. While there isn ’t a formal definition for it, unschooling is generally an approach that lets children follow their interests when it comes to learning.The concept of unschooling is radical to many people who are accustomed to our current school system. But looking beyond the current K ‑12 system, it’s clear the ideas behind unschooling have a long history, even if the term does not.From their earliest days, children are learning. They learn to roll over, sit, stand, walk, talk, eat, and drink without spending a m...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: St. Edward Catholic School
Colleen Hroncich“After extensive discussion, with truly a heavy heart both for all of us and the Diocese, it has been decided thatSt. Edward School and Pre ‐School will close, effective immediately,” Fr. Keith Walder, pastor of St. Edward Parish in Chillicothe, IL, announced inJuly 2016. Emergency repairs and not enough money to cover them had led to the surprising announcement.But families, parishioners, and alumni leapt into action, raising more than $400,000 in just three days —an impressive feat in a small town. Dubbed the “Miracle in Chillicothe, ” the donations enabled the school to unde...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 27, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Are You a Warm Demander? | TAPP 115
We once again revisitdeadline extensions, we discusswarm demanders and how they avoidtoxic rigor, we discoverwhich arm is best for a vaccine booster, we find out if we cangrow new auditory hair cells, we get tips on how tospeak more effectively while wearing a mask, and learn about a new discovery aboutoxygen absorption in the intestines. Can we breathe through our anus? Listen to find out!00:00 | Introduction01:02 | Growing New Auditory Hair Cells06:19 | Mask Talk: Loud, Slow,& Clear11:17 | Sponsored by AAA12:21 | Which Arm for That Booster?15:32 | Intestinal Breathing19:40 | Sponsored by HAPI21:03 | Deadlines, ...
Source: The A and P Professor - May 17, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
