Education
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How LEGOs Can Change Your Life
LEGO Serious Play can be used to gain insights and solve problems related to personal well-being, relationships, team-dynamics and even business strategy and it’s used by IKEA, Virgin Atlantic, Samsung, Hitachi and many more. Read more
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Barcelona High School founder Akida Mashaka and academic director Amanda Slefo.
Choosing the Right School for Your Child in Barcelona
BHS was founded by an American expat who wanted an American school option in Barcelona that focused on preparing students for top-notch US universities while also offering flexibility for students to pursue their extensive extracurricular activities. Read more
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Barcelona High School: A New Barcelona American School Option
BHS was founded by an American expat who wanted an American school option in Barcelona that focused on preparing students for top-notch US universities while also offering flexibility for students to pursue their extensive extracurricular activities. Read more
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Why We Remember More by Reading—Especially Print—Than from Audio or Video
Studies show that both grade school students and college students assume they’ll get higher scores on a comprehension test if they have done the reading digitally. Yet, they actually score higher when they have read the material in print. Read more
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New Year, New Career?
A global recession may not seem like the obvious time to make big life changes, but redundancy offers an opportunity to take stock of where you are, and see whether you’re happy there. Read more
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How Does Being Bilingual Affect Your Brain? It Depends on How You Use Language
Depending on what you read, speaking more than one language may or may not make you smarter. So, what gives? Read more
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In the 119 years since the Nobel Prizes were first given out, only 3% of the science awardees have been women and zero of the 617 science laureates have been black. The vast majority of those now-famous role model scientists are white men. 2019 Nobel Prize award ceremony. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
Nobel Prizes Have a Diversity Problem Even Worse Than the Scientific Fields They Honor
The list of STEM Nobel laureates since 1901 sends the wrong message to young people, funding agencies, editorial boards and others about who does noteworthy science and is indicative of many biases and inequities that plague women and minorities. Read more
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How to Help Your Child Cope with the Transition Back to School during COVID-19
Every fall, parents are tasked with managing back-to-school transitions. But with COVID-19, the start of this school year feels very different. Read more
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