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Marlon D. Kuzmick, Expos preceptor and associate director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, pointed to the existence of “speaking across curriculum” programs at other universities as a potential model for public speaking education at Harvard in the long...
Forget the free-will model of morality you learned in “Justice” lectures. If a recent scientific study is correct, you might be able to sway your entire section to your line of thinking using one simple object: a magnet. But how could a physical object alter our most fundamental beliefs...
Although King never had the opportunity to sit at Heschel’s Seder table, his example of collaboration across racial and religious barriers should continue to serve as model in our time; only through cooperation can we effectively address the hardest problems facing humanity. The Pharaoh who ruled over the Hebrews in ancient Egypt is not gone; he and his armies still exist in various forms for millions of people around the world...
...experiment ran in four cities: Chicago, Dallas, Washington and New York. Each city had its own unique model of incentives, to see which would work best. Some kids were paid for good test scores, others for not fighting with one another. The results are fascinating and surprising. They remind us that kids, like grownups, are not puppets. They don't always respond the way we expect...
...results began to trickle into the lab last summer. In New York City, the $1.5 million paid to 8,320 kids for good test scores did not work - at least not in any way that's easy to measure. In Chicago, under a different model, the kids who earned money for grades attended class more often and got better grades, two major accomplishments. Those students did not, however, do better on their standardized tests at the end of the year...