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| The Florida education system has been in the spotlight lately after Gov. Ron DeSantis banned diversity and inclusion programs in public colleges and approved a controversial social studies curriculum. Here's what changes students will see this fall. |
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| — Ayanna Archie, News Reporter, NPR |
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| California grads headed to HBCUs in the South prepare for college under abortion bans. School nurses have formalized the "senior sendoff" appointment, to counsel students about their legal rights and medical options before they leave for college. Many students are shocked to learn the states they are moving to have restricted access to healthcare, and are taking matters into their own hands. |
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| — April Dembosky, Health Correspondent, KQED |
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| When Stacey Camp, an anthropology professor at Michigan State University, learned there was a hard, impenetrable surface underground north of campus, she assumed it was just a large rock. But historic maps hinted at something bigger. After careful digging, a team of campus archeologists unearthed parts of a foundation of the university's original observatory, built in 1881. |
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| — Juliana Kim, News Reporter, NPR |
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And some joy before you go ... |
My kid asks, "Why?" all the time. All kids do. Why does 1+1=2? Why do we have to memorize multiplication tables? Many of us eventually stop asking these questions. But what if someone — a mathematician — encouraged you to keep asking, "What's the point of this question?" And what if this completely different scenario happened instead, like 1 + 1 equaled 1? After all, 1 + 1 sometimes does equal 1 — like when you mix two different colors of paint and end up with one new color of paint. That's the goal of mathematician Dr. Eugenia Cheng's new book, Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths. Throughout the book, she makes the case that these types of questions are the key to uncovering the beauty behind math. NPR's Short Wave interviews Cheng in their latest episode. I wish I had this book when I was failing geometry in ninth grade (ugh, theorems!) I have now added this gem to my list of books to read before I die. Better late than never! Thanks for subscribing to our newsletter and happy reading! |
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