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How school funding works: a plain-English guide to the money
Schools run on three streams: local property taxes, state aid, and a small federal share. The mix explains most gaps between districts, and the spending record is humbling.
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What works in adult literacy when school is long over
Adult literacy programs deliver real but small reading gains. A 2011 trial of 198 adults, UNESCO’s 2025 count, and PIAAC surveys show what the evidence supports.
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How bad is the literacy crisis in the numbers?
National tests show a real reading slide: 31 percent of fourth-graders at Proficient, more adults at the lowest levels. The crisis label depends on the bar.
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How surgeons and medtech companies learn to work together at IRCAD North America
A Charlotte training center shows why device innovation fails in the operating room when nobody practices the whole setup.
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Baseline Characteristics: How to Spot When a Study Compares Apples to Oranges
Two groups, one bold headline, and a hidden factor nobody mentioned. Learn how confounding and selection bias make studies compare apples to oranges, and how to spot it yourself.
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The replication crisis explained: when famous findings fail
Why landmark results sometimes collapse when other scientists repeat them, and what open science is doing about it.
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Bilingual education benefits — Bilingual education: what the research shows, and what it doesn't
Dual-language classrooms are often praised and often doubted. The honest picture is more measured than either camp suggests.
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Two Air Force lab projects show how research survives on thin details
An autonomous shotgun and a blood recirculation machine are both in development at the Air Force Research Laboratory. What the reporting supports — and what it does not.
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Standardized testing debate — Standardized testing: how exams became gatekeepers and what may replace them
The standardized testing debate is really a question about fairness: same exam for everyone, but is the same exam measuring the same things?