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"If you want to explain today’s problems, Ericka Weathers recommends looking to the past: “History helps us make sense of findings and frame questions.”
Weathers, an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education’s Policy, Organizations, Leadership and Systems Division, studies how policies that are supposed to be race-neutral, like school funding formulas, truancy policy, or special education, end up failing marginalized groups. She hopes that, armed with a better understanding of the results of past policies, our current decisions can lead to a better future for everyone."
Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
Penn Today
by Eliene Augenbraun
Should parents snoop on their kids online?
CBS News
by Eliene Augenbraun
"According to the Pew Internet Project, more than three-quarters of American children ages 12 to 17 had cellphones as of 2012; almost half of those devices were smartphones with Internet, social media and email access. The age at which children get their first mobile device is getting younger, too; one survey found nearly 40 percent of fifth graders have their own cellphones."
"Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted a provocative statement on Twitter over the weekend about the potentially catastrophic dangers of artificial intelligence, also known as A.I. The tweet was rapidly shared with thousands of others. After recommending a book on computer intelligence, Musk wrote: 'We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.' "
Elon Musk: Artificial intelligence may be "more dangerous than nukes"
CBS News
by Eliene Augenbraun
Breaking the Pipeline: Rachel Baker helps challenge a traditional education metaphor in Science magazine
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Education
written by Eliene Augenbraun, Penn GSE staff
"For years, researchers, policy wonks, and administrators have considered education to be a straight pipeline - a child goes into preschool, progresses to kindergarten, primary school, middle and high school, and then into college where they select a major until they graduate and use that education in the workforce. If they leave the pipeline at any time, they are a “leak,” and considered a loss. But what if they drip out of one pipeline and into another? Is that still a loss? Historically, yes.
The problem with this metaphor is that it is too linear, says Penn GSE Associate Professor Rachel Baker. It doesn’t allow for alternate routes – and therefore what is holding us back isn’t the student, but rather how we’re used to looking at their entire journey.
'Describing academic progress as a pipeline through which students are propelled ignores the fact that students make decisions about their own careers and trajectories all the time. It also ignores the fact that there are multiple routes a student could take to get to a particular major or career.'”
"Some instances of unilateral hearing loss can be reversed quite quickly, such as in the instance of earwax buildup (a common cause of conductive hearing loss), according to Dr. Chandrasekhar. Meanwhile, middle ear infections can be treated with corticosteroids, decongestants or antibiotics (for bacterial infections), after which dampened hearing often returns. In the event that a medication is causing hearing loss as a side effect, stopping the drug as soon as hearing loss is noticed can help remedy the situation.”
Hearing Loss In One Ear: Causes, Diagnosis And Treatments
Forbes
written by Eliene Augenbraun
"Medicare Supplement plans fill gaps in coverage by Original Medicare and are standardized into 10 plans—lettered A through N—offering the same coverage across insurance providers. Most states follow federal and state guidelines, however Massachusetts, Minnesota and Wisconsin utilize different standards. Costs of UHC Medicare Supplement plans vary widely depending on a person’s location. The company’s online tools help customers navigate plan selection and find service providers."
UnitedHealthcare Medicare Supplement 2023 Review
Forbes
by Eliene Augenbraun
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The Hospital Bar
The Hospital Bar
by Eliene Augenbraun
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