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1### [Lecturing Likely Not Effective for Developing Problem-Solving Skills in Students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161214151658.htm)
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3Dec. 14, 2016 - Traditional university lectures are likely not an effective way to help post-secondary students acquire problem-solving skills. In a recent study, researchers developed a testing system to measure ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161214151658.htm)
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7### [Sexual Harassment Common Among Middle School Children, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161209184825.htm)
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9Dec. 9, 2016 - Sexual harassment is a prevalent form of victimization that most antibullying programs ignore and teachers and school officials often fail to recognize, says a bullying and youth violence expert. The ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161209184825.htm)
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113### [Children Learn Early on That Scientists Are Men](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161122111026.htm)
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315Nov. 22, 2016 - When children were asked to draw a scientist, a bald, middle-aged man in a white coat was most often depicted. Why is that? A group of science communication researchers discovered that children ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161122111026.htm)
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1729Nov. 10, 2016 - A program that brings live fish into K-12 classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn, but improves their attitudes about science, a study ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161110145923.htm)
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33### [Funding a Set of Essential Medicines for Low And Middle-Income Countries](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161108073523.htm)
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35Nov. 8, 2016 - As the world moves toward universal health coverage, the question arises: How can governments ensure equitable access to essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries? A section of The ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161108073523.htm)
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2139### [New U.S. Robotics Roadmap Calls for Increased Regulations, Education and Research](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102130438.htm)
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2341Nov. 2, 2016 - A new U.S. Robotics Roadmap calls for better policy frameworks to safely integrate new technologies, such as self-driving cars and commercial drones, into everyday life. The document also advocates ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102130438.htm)
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45Oct. 31, 2016 - For scores of years after the first medical school opened in China in 1886, the country progressed in building a medical education system for its fast-growing population. Then 50 years ago, it not ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161031113209.htm)
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49### [State Policies Will Determine Whether or Not Most Americans Smoke Marijuana](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161031090220.htm)
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51Oct. 31, 2016 - More than 50 percent of Americans changed their minds about intentions to smoke marijuana based on ramifications - or lack thereof - set forth by their state of residency, according to new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161031090220.htm)
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2755### [Gender Gaps in Math Persist, With Teachers Underrating Girls' Math Skills](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027094828.htm)
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2957Oct. 27, 2016 - Beginning in early elementary school, boys outperform girls in math - especially among the highest achievers - continuing a troubling pattern found in the late 1990s, finds a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027094828.htm)
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61### [Childhood Bullying Places 'Long Term Strain' on UK Mental Health Services](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027093610.htm)
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63Oct. 27, 2016 - Childhood bullying has a strong link to mental health service use throughout a person's life, putting additional strain on an "already overstretched" UK healthcare system, suggest ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027093610.htm)
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3367### [School Environment Key to Retaining Teachers, Promoting Student Achievement](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161026170323.htm)
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3569Oct. 26, 2016 - New research identifies four organizational and administrative factors that can decrease teacher turnover and lift student test scores in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161026170323.htm)
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73107### [Donald or Hillary? Tweetcast Predicts Your Vote](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018193202.htm)
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75109Oct. 18, 2016 - What you tweet says a lot about your politics and who you are going to vote for in this highly volatile presidential election, according to TweetCast, an online tool developed by Northwestern ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018193202.htm)
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79### [Foster Care Children at Much Greater Risk of Physical, Mental Health Problems](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161017084248.htm)
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81Oct. 17, 2016 - Children who have been in the U.S. foster care system are at a significantly higher risk of mental and physical health problems - ranging from learning disabilities, developmental delays and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161017084248.htm)
115- [Lecturing likely not effective for developing problem-solving skills in students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161214151658.htm)
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85### [Federal School Lunch Guidelines Lead to Healthier Choices, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161013111705.htm)
119- [Sexual harassment common among middle school children, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161209184825.htm)
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87Oct. 13, 2016 - Researchers investigated how the nutritional content of National School Lunch Program entrées chosen by students varied across different socioeconomic and demographic groups and impacted their ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161013111705.htm)
121Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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123- [Children learn early on that scientists are men](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161122111026.htm)
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91### [Failures in Mental Health System Flagged in New Report in England](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161010115916.htm)
125Thursday, November 17, 2016
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93Oct. 10, 2016 - Significant numbers of people with learning disabilities, particularly very young adults, remain inappropriately incarcerated in English hospitals, new research ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161010115916.htm)
127- [Early childhood educational spending benefits don't fade away](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161117105024.htm)
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129Wednesday, November 16, 2016
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97### [UK's Approach to Health Needs Radical Rethinking, Experts Say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007221124.htm)
131- [Charter schools enroll more girls, with boys more likely to leave](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161116190739.htm)
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99Oct. 7, 2016 - As the NHS lurches from crisis to crisis, the UK's approach to health needs radical rethinking to create a healthy and health-creating society. Just as the founding of the NHS in 1948 was a great ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007221124.htm)
133Thursday, November 10, 2016
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135- [When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161110145923.htm)
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103### [Metaphors Bias Perceptions of Scientific Discovery](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007085341.htm)
137Tuesday, November 8, 2016
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105Oct. 7, 2016 - Whether ideas are "like a light bulb" or come forth as "nurtured seeds," how we describe discovery shapes people's perceptions of both inventions and inventors. Notably, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007085341.htm)
139- [Funding a set of essential medicines for low- and middle-income countries](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161108073523.htm)
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141Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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109### [Students of All Races Prefer Teachers of Color, Finds Study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161005141118.htm)
143- [New U.S. robotics roadmap calls for increased regulations, education and research](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102130438.htm)
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111Oct. 5, 2016 - Middle and high school students, regardless of their race and ethnicity, have more favorable perceptions of their Black and Latino teachers than of their White teachers, finds a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161005141118.htm)
145Monday, October 31, 2016
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147- [Chinese medical education rising unevenly from Cultural Revolution rubble](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161031113209.htm)
148- [State policies will determine whether or not most Americans smoke marijuana](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161031090220.htm)
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150Thursday, October 27, 2016
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152- [Gender gaps in math persist, with teachers underrating girls' math skills](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027094828.htm)
153- [Childhood bullying places 'long term strain' on UK mental health services](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027093610.htm)
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155Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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157- [School environment key to retaining teachers, promoting student achievement](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161026170323.htm)
158- [School-Based Dental Sealant Programs for Children Reduce Cavities and Costs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161026165939.htm)
159- [School principals shape students' values via school climate](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161026134907.htm)
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161Friday, October 21, 2016
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163- [Learning from model experiments](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161021084342.htm)
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165Thursday, October 20, 2016
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167- [Texas must reduce nonmedical exemptions to vaccinations](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161020144411.htm)
168- [Pre-university skills course boosts students' A-level success](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161020092113.htm)
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170Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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172- [Developmental science research sheds new light on the origins of discrimination, social exclusion](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161019142624.htm)
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174Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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176- [Donald or Hillary? Tweetcast predicts your vote](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018193202.htm)
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178Monday, October 17, 2016
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180- [Foster care children at much greater risk of physical, mental health problems](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161017084248.htm)
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182Thursday, October 13, 2016
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184- [Federal school lunch guidelines lead to healthier choices, study shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161013111705.htm)
185- [Why do some STEM fields have fewer women than others? Study may have the answer](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161013103130.htm)
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187Monday, October 10, 2016
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189- [Failures in mental health system flagged in new report in England](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161010115916.htm)
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191Friday, October 7, 2016
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193- [UK's approach to health needs radical rethinking, experts say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007221124.htm)
194- [Metaphors bias perceptions of scientific discovery](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007085341.htm)
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196Wednesday, October 5, 2016
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198- [Students of all races prefer teachers of color, finds study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161005141118.htm)
199- [Corporal punishment is still legal (and used) in US public schools in 19 states](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161005090700.htm)
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201Tuesday, October 4, 2016
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203- [Business cycle drives the spread of viral diseases](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161004085307.htm)
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205Monday, October 3, 2016
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207- [Family-centered pre-kindergarten provides a strong foundation for children's mental health and school success](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161003130912.htm)
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209Wednesday, September 28, 2016
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211- [Do race-based stressors contribute to the achievement gap?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160928220627.htm)
212- [Implicit bias may help explain high preschool expulsion rates for black children](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160928143124.htm)
213- [The hidden value of an older workforce](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160928141729.htm)
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215Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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217- [Sociologists examine shift from 'No Child Left Behind' to 'Children Left Behind'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160927164051.htm)
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219Monday, September 26, 2016
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221- [Students in bilingual elementary school programs present worse academic results, according to study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160926100148.htm)
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223Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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225- [Health benefits of evening classes revealed](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160920154640.htm)
226- [Age limit for federal food assistance program is increasing food insecurity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160920141803.htm)
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228Monday, September 19, 2016
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230- [Let's talk about more than sex: Parents in favor of expanding health education](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160919084849.htm)
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232Thursday, September 15, 2016
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234- [For-profit trade schools prove costly for disadvantaged black youth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160915133100.htm)
235- [Staying the course on a massive open online course](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160915120349.htm)
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237Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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239- [Big pixel initiative develops remote sensing analysis to help map global urbanization](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160914142029.htm)
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241Monday, September 12, 2016
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243- [School sex education often negative, heterosexist, and out of touch](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160912192953.htm)
244- [Financial aid is not the answer to college affordability, research finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160912141607.htm)
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246Thursday, September 8, 2016
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248- [Study explores youths' motivations for painting graffiti](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908120959.htm)
249- [More underrepresented students obtain science degrees and pursue STEM, due to research mentoring](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908120344.htm)
250- [Marijuana use remains on the rise among US college students, but narcotic drug use declines](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908083815.htm)
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252Wednesday, September 7, 2016
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254- [Do teachers' climate change beliefs influence students?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160907143125.htm)
255- [Feeling they are part of a group increased preschoolers' interest, success in STEM](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160907135218.htm)
256- [Summer learning programs can benefit low-income students, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160907125115.htm)
257- [National education reformers target local school boards](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160907113639.htm)
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259Tuesday, September 6, 2016
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261- [Many college students take remedial courses, but only some benefit, researchers find](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160906213543.htm)
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263Friday, September 2, 2016
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265- [Four-year-olds are not physically ready to start school](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160902082557.htm)
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267Thursday, September 1, 2016
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269- [Address systemic issues to change toxic health care environment, commentary says](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901135555.htm)
270- [Most states report Medicaid covers children's key mental health services but gaps remain](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901125051.htm)
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272Wednesday, August 31, 2016
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274- [Mobile media, visual art making boost school engagement](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831143208.htm)
275- [Crowdsourcing can help create better science tests cheaper](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831133131.htm)
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277Saturday, August 27, 2016
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279- [20 cent school intervention stops unhealthy weight gain in children](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160827155840.htm)
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281Friday, August 26, 2016
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283- [Banning tobacco sales near schools could reduce socioeconomic disparities, new study shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826101507.htm)
284- ['Coming out' in the classroom, but not by choice](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826104828.htm)
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286Thursday, August 25, 2016
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288- [Baby simulator program may make teenage girls more, not less, likely to become pregnant](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825151902.htm)
289- [Number of tuberculosis cases in India is double current estimates, says new study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825084857.htm)
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291Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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293- [Teachers favor middle-class behaviors by students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160823125631.htm)
294- [Guaranteed-tuition laws inflating college costs, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160823125348.htm)
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296Monday, August 22, 2016
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298- [Greater academic achievement in high school increases likelihood of moving away](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160822083252.htm)
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300Friday, August 19, 2016
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302- [Young, gifted, first-generation minority science students motivated by prosocial values](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160819132616.htm)
303- [Majority of parents support HPV vaccination requirements for school, but with opt-outs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160819084353.htm)
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305Thursday, August 18, 2016
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307- [Are urban black males shortchanged in classroom?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160818150238.htm)
308- [Scientists combine satellite data, machine learning to map poverty](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160818150007.htm)
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310Wednesday, August 17, 2016
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312- [Twitter shows promise in rapid assessment of collective traumas' local impact](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160817133141.htm)
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314Tuesday, August 16, 2016
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316- [LGBT persons get limited educational info for assisted reproductive technology, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160816111023.htm)
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318Monday, August 15, 2016
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320- [Racial inequity, violence climb list of child health concerns for black adults](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160815111302.htm)
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322Monday, August 8, 2016
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324- [Flu vaccine uptake slightly higher in provinces that allow vaccination by pharmacists](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160808144855.htm)
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326Thursday, July 28, 2016
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328- [In France, hiring biases slightly favor women in male-dominated STEM fields](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160728142925.htm)
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330Thursday, July 21, 2016
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332- [Here's why run-down schools trigger low test scores](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160721143857.htm)
333- [Policy makers must act to reduce energy drinks consumption by children, adolescents, says new report](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160721105508.htm)
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335Wednesday, July 20, 2016
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337- [Making parenting a national priority in U.S.](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160720125527.htm)
338- [Higher-income students have an edge when it comes to working memory](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160720125448.htm)
339- [Indoor tanning rates among New Jersey teens remain stable following state enactment of under age 17 ban](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160720105454.htm)
340- [Social robots: Programmable by everyone](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160720094641.htm)
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342Thursday, July 14, 2016
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344- [Income inequality leads millennials to start families before marriage](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160714091334.htm)
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346Wednesday, July 13, 2016
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348- [Calculus I factors women out of STEM degrees](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160713152148.htm)
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350Monday, July 11, 2016
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352- [Academic female physicians paid less than male counterparts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160711120927.htm)
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354Wednesday, July 6, 2016
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356- [Obese preschoolers have 60 percent higher healthcare costs than healthy weight children](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160706091512.htm)
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358Thursday, June 30, 2016
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360- [Need skills? Corporate volunteering programs not always best place to acquire them](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160630115350.htm)
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362Wednesday, June 29, 2016
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364- [Findings show gender, not race, a factor in college engineering dropouts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160629125947.htm)
365- [Blue-collar training in high school leaves women behind](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160629105938.htm)
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367Saturday, June 25, 2016
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369- [Minimum legal drinking age of 21 can protect against later risk of death](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160625150508.htm)
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371Friday, June 24, 2016
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373- [Should first-year college students assessed as needing remedial math take college-level quantitative courses instead?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160624105218.htm)
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375Thursday, June 23, 2016
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377- [Part-timers now 49 percent of nation's college and university faculty, study finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160623150431.htm)
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379Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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381- [Teachers optimistic about Common Core writing standards, but not tests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160622144918.htm)
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383Tuesday, June 21, 2016
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385- [Children's nutrition influenced by local neighborhoods](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160621115653.htm)
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387Monday, June 20, 2016
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389- [Study focuses on use of instructional videos to aid problem solving](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160620160216.htm)
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391Friday, June 17, 2016
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393- [Troubled-youth facilities benefit from 'ecological approach'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160617120708.htm)
394- [Transgender rights critical for the health of 25 million transgender people worldwide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160617082306.htm)
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396Thursday, June 16, 2016
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398- [Absent investments, 200 million children may not reach their potential, experts say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160616105718.htm)
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400Wednesday, June 15, 2016
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402- [Study offers explanation for why women leave engineering](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160615135205.htm)
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404Tuesday, June 14, 2016
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406- [Adolescent alcohol, marijuana use leads to poor academic performance, health problems](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160614083121.htm)
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408Wednesday, June 8, 2016
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410- [Relationship between school security, race, research shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160608180824.htm)
411- [Twitter: The newest teacher for twenty first century writers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160608100538.htm)
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413Thursday, June 2, 2016
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415- [Researchers mine Twitter to reveal Congress' ideological divide on climate change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602162933.htm)