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Finally, they examine the effect that these identities have on the utility functions of the students. The students who identify as insiders will benefit from being involved in the school and exerting at least a moderate level of academic effort. The outsiders, however, would be unhappy with these activities. Rather...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani | Title: Identity and Incentives | 3/5/2010 | See Source »

Notable examples of this are the Knowledge is Power Program charter schools in various low-income neighborhoods throughout the country. The KIPP schools give disadvantaged middle school students a unique education by creating an immersive educational environment. Teachers create an intense and fun educational experience from the early years, ensuring...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani | Title: Identity and Incentives | 3/5/2010 | See Source »

Not all permafrost is on dry land either. The East Siberian Arctic Shelf, a vast expanse of shallow seafloor off Russia's northeast coast, was once wetland as well. It was submerged as melting glaciers drove sea level up at the end of the last ice age, but it still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Warming Worries: Methane from the Arctic | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

Scientists still don't know exactly how rogue waves occur, nor do they know how to predict them. Open ocean waves, possibly including rogue waves, form when wind produces distortion over the surface of the sea - the stronger the wind, the higher the wave, which is why hurricanes can create...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruise-Ship Disaster: How Do 'Rogue Waves' Work? | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

DJR: I think, for instance a novelist has the luxury of describing the room that they are in and every detail of the environment and the internal state of the character, but in screenwriting you really have to just get to the point, and I’m good at...

Author: By Nora A. Tufano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Daniel J. Rubin | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

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