Blogpost April 10- For lack of a more imaginative title

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/upshot/why-talented-black-and-hispanic-students-can-go-undiscovered.html 
In the Sunday NYT Education Life section, an article about a new non-verbal test that represents high IQ black and hispanic children more accurately.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/upshot/why-talented-black-and-hispanic-students-can-go-undiscovered.html
From The Scientific American: The science of President Trump.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/taking-the-politics-out-of-american-history-and-out-of-ap.html 
The AP History curriculum is considered too progressive and has been revised.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/2016/01/28/citing-harm-that-charter-schools-cause-naacp-and-mass-lawyers-committee-will-intervene-in-charter-cap-lawsuit?event=event51
Claiming that charter schools place diverse students at a disadvantage, NAACP and mass lawyers committee intervene.

http://ed.ted.com/featured/yNZomgbm
A TED Talk- Proof of evolution you can find on your own body.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/changing-climate-10-years-after-inconvenient-truth
Climate change ten years after "An Inconvenient Truth" from Science News.

https://richarddawkins.net/2016/04/the-importance-of-giving-children-independence/ From Richard Dawkins's website, an article about the importance of giving children independence.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/352/6282/123.full.pdf
Great article in Science by one of my heroes, Harold Varmus, on the transformation of oncology.

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-discovered-a-way-to-make-their-own-molecules
From ScienceAlert, a report on research by Swiss researchers on how to make molecules from scratch, mimicing the body's natural processes.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45584/title/Banking-on-Blood-Tests/
From The Scientist, an article about replacing diagnostics with blood tests looking at Biomarkers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/jobs/the-art-and-science-of-nit-picking.html?_r=0
From the NYT On Work section, "The Art and Science of Nit-Picking" about a retired school nurse and nits.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-project-uncovers-what-americans-knew-about-holocaust-180958712/ New project to discover what Americans knew about the holocaust is reported in the Smithsonian. The work is being done by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.



http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/04/14/465729968/a-nobel-laureates-education-plea-revolutionize-teaching This is from npr Education, Stanford Professor Carl Wieman has some suggestions about new methods of teaching.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/18/a-radical-attempt-to-save-the-reefs-and-forests
How to save the world's coral reefs from the NYer.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26929-both-cause-and-cure-for-diabetes-could-be-in-your-gut/ From the New Scientist, a hormone to cure diabetes has been discovered.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45839/title/CDC--Zika-Causes-Microcephaly/ From The Scientist, link between Zika and Microcephaly.


http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7597-139a Article in Nature about character traits of scientists.

http://scitechdaily.com/children-of-older-mothers-are-healthier-taller-and-obtain-more-education/ From SciTechDaily, report of research in the Population and Development Review that children of older mothers are healthier, taller, and obtain more education.