Congratulations to the following faculty and staff members who received grants and awards in August 2023: Doug Clements and Julie Sarama, faculty at the Morgridge College of Education Grant from the National Science Foundation Abstract: The Learning Strand project will create a scalable, accessible and viable resource for early math. The project will make a substantive contribution to the advancement of knowledge in three fields: cognition, curriculum and the scale-up of educational innovations through technology. Brian Michel, faculty at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Grant from the National Institutes of Health Abstract: While ethylene has long been known as an important plant hormone, it has also been demonstrated to be produced in mammals as a result of oxidative stress that is hallmark to numerous diseases. Important questions remain for broad applications in the detection of endogenous ethylene related to modifications that further improve sensitivity while retai
If public schools and nonprofit groups are serious about reducing the educational gap between racial groups, they will start dedicating the time and money necessary to teach students to read and perform math at or above grade level. Instead, philanthropic groups waste hundreds of millions of dollars on “equity” goals, convincing students to feel good about their failing reading and math scores.