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Jun 20, 2013

Reverse the Doctor Shortage by Restoring Primary-Care Prestige (Op-Ed)

Dr. Bruce Koeppen is founding dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The United States currently faces a growing physician shortage. While this shortage is across many of the specialties and subspecialties of...

Jun 28, 2013

Is Cursive Writing Dead?

A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight. When asked if she could read a letter in court, witness Rachel Jeantel, her head bowed, murmured with embarrassment, I don't read cursive, ABC News...

Jul 11, 2013

Cedric Stallworth: Choose What Will Have the Biggest Impact

This ScienceLives article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Becoming a computer scientist isn' t part of most people' s retirement plans, but that' s exactly what Cedric Stallworth did after retiring from professional football. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the Georgia...

Jul 12, 2013

Does Twitter Deserve a Place in the Classroom? (Op-Ed)

Jin Kim Montclare is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. She contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Society is squarely in the midst of a technological revolution. The answers to almost every question are available on the...

Jul 30, 2013

Summer Camp Trades Campfires for Cybersecurity (Op-Ed)

Nasir Memon is department head and professor in the computer science and engineering department at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In his 2013 State of the Union Address, President Barak Obama stressed the United States' tremendous...

Sep 5, 2013

Most Important School Subject? 'Science' Sees Big Jump in Poll

The quest for knowledge seems to be gaining value, as three times as many Americans now say science is the most valuable school subject than did so more than a decade ago, a new Gallup poll finds. Science bumped out history for the third spot behind No. 1 math and...

Oct 9, 2013

Next Generation: 5 Ways Science Classes Will Change

The millions of K-12 students who have returned to school this fall may find dramatic changes waiting in their science classrooms. In this and coming school years, new national standards are set to transform science education in the United States. Released this April, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) draw...

Oct 11, 2013

University Hosts Wiki 'Edit-a-Thon' to Add Women in Science Entries

In the name of gender equality, students and faculty at Brown University in Providence, R.I., will host a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon next week to add and improve entries about prominent female figures in science and technology. Volunteers will create new Wikipedia pages and edit existing ones in order to increase the...

Nov 8, 2013

Catholic Education No Better Than Public Schooling, Study Suggests

Catholic schools don't provide a better education than public schools, at least when it comes to basics like math and reading, new research suggests. Children at Catholic schools don't improve their math or reading scores on standardized tests across elementary school and don't show better behavioral outcomes than public school...

Nov 8, 2013

In Texas, Standing Up for Science (Op-Ed)

David Evans is the executive director of the National Science Teachers Association. He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Texas is again drawing attention for its actions to distort the integrity of science education. Late last year, the Texas State Board of Education began the process...

Jan 14, 2014

Thanks Academia, Soon I Will Join a Generation of Jobless PhDs (Op-Ed)

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. My friend leaned forward over the table where we were having dinner. It was a loud, busy restaurant, but she lowered her voice conspiratorially and her eyes took on a...

Feb 11, 2014

The Benefits of Digging in the Dirt (Op-Ed)

Laura Wright Treadway is a regular contributor to OnEarth magazine, published by the Natural Resources Defense Council. This article was originally published by OnEarth magazine. Treadway contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods, which introduced the world...

Feb 17, 2014

Regret This Year Could Spur Romance Next Year (Op-Ed)

Amy Summerville is an assistant professor of social psychology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. This article was originally published on the blog of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Summerville contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For some, Valentine's Day was less a...

Feb 18, 2014

Publishers of 'Science' to Launch New Open-Access Journal

The nonprofit organization that publishes the scientific journal Science said they will be launching a new, broad-based online open-access journal, called Science Advances. The new journal, which will be published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is slated to go live in 2015 with studies covering several...

Feb 18, 2014

Common Core Standards Explained

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a coordinated effort to prepare every child in the U.S. public school system for college or the workforce by ensuring that they reach certain expectations in English language arts and mathematics and can apply the attained skills to the real world. The standards...