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Dec 17, 2018

Electronic cigarettes are spreading like a wave across this country. Just three years after hitting the market, e-cigarettes are being used by teenagers almost everywhere. Even the FDA has recently called it an epidemic.


Dec 3, 2018

Even though we have a better understanding of what’s healthy. And what’s not. Improving public health is still tremendously difficult. Because changing attitudes and behaviors is never easy. After all, how do you get people to first pay attention to accurate and relevant information, and then actually get them to...


Nov 19, 2018

Back when Brian Schultz was a 5th-grade teacher in a struggling urban school, he asked his students to name some issues they could address through a class project. But when his students decided that they really needed was a whole new school building, no one could have predicted how the project would have unfolded from...


Nov 6, 2018

What do you know about building a robot? It’s not a subject that most people would claim to know a lot about. And even despite the growing opportunities across many engineering and computer science-related fields today, there are still many barriers that prevent so many people -- especially younger students who come...


Oct 15, 2018

Are Students Being Prepared to Thrive in a Knowledge Economy? In this episode, we explore the complex answer to this simple question, especially as it relates to the literacy skills students now need today.