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Five men, immersed in conversation, sit indoors on a blanket, eating from metal bowls. Despite the cloud of ignorance surrounding them about modern science, they share stories and laughter as a red bowl rests prominently at their center.
Starts With A Bang
How glorifying ignorance leads to science illiteracy
If we wish to tackle the very real problems society faces, we require expert-level knowledge. Valuing it starts earlier than we realize.
Ethan Siegel
A gifted young boy reading a book.
The Past
The invention of the gifted child
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.
Matthew Wills
Lecturer standing in front of a classroom, teaching college admissions students seated at desks with sunlight casting shadows.
Starts With A Bang
Colleges should include standardized testing in admissions
There are many problems with relying on SAT and ACT scores for college admissions. But removing them entirely creates less opportunity.
Ethan Siegel
An illustration of an undergraduate man sitting at a desk.
Thinking
Undergraduates’ average IQ has fallen 17 points since 1939. Here’s why.
College students once stood out from the pack on IQ tests. Today, they're about average.
Ross Pomeroy
boys
Thinking
Boys are graded more harshly than girls. Why?
Education has a global bias against boys.
Ross Pomeroy
iq
Neuropsych
Is IQ a load of BS?
Children as young as three have been defined for life by IQ tests.
Jonny Thomson
Neuropsych
ADHD: Medication alone doesn’t improve classroom learning for children
There is no long-term beneficial effect of medication on standardized test scores.
William E. Pelham, Jr.
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