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Life Channels: Education Keywords: Surveillance, School, School Safety	Surveillance Doesn’t Necessarily Make Schools Safer; Can Negatively Impact Students Many schools now have extensive surveillance, monitoring and discipline programs in place to protect students. But are students any safer as a result? What is the cost of these measures in terms of student well-being? These issues and more are the topic of a new book, “Schools Under Surveillance: Cultures of Control in Public Education,” released this month by Rutgers University Press. View	Released: 11/16/2009 8:30 PM EST Vanderbilt University
Life Science Channels: Education Keywords: butterflies in space, Space Shuttle, Space Station, Education, space life sciences, NASA, Nsbri, BioEd Online, Painted Lady, Atlantis, Larvae, BioServe, University Of Colorado, butterfly life cycle, student space experiment, butterflynaut	“Butterflies in Space” Education Project Launches Follow butterflynauts on the Space Station as they develop from larvae into Painted Lady butterflies. Classrooms across the U.S. are setting up ground-based habitats. Students will replicate the space experiment and compare the growth/behavior of their butterfly larvae with those living in space. View	Released: 11/16/2009 3:00 PM EST National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Science Channels: Education Keywords: Community Based Participatory Research, University-Community Partnership, Institutional Review Board, Subject Protections	Improving University-Community Research Partnerships A community-based participatory research study found that demystifying Institutional Review Board policy and providing education to community leaders in the area of human subjects protections strengthened the research capabilities of local organizations and improved university-community ties. View	Released: 11/9/2009 9:00 AM EST Tufts University
Life Channels: Education Keywords: Anatomy, Sculpture, sculpting	From Da Vinci to Downstate: Brooklyn Medical Students to Learn Anatomy Through Sculpting SUNY Downstate Medical Center is offering a course by which students learn anatomy through sculpting. View	Released: 11/9/2009 8:00 AM EST SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Life Channels: Children's Health, Education Keywords: Story Ideas, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Language Development, Young Children, Babies, Infants And Toddlers, Early Childhood Development, Language	Baby Einstein Controversy: Expert Offers Healthy Language Learning Alternatives for Young Children Lucia French, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist who studies language and cognitive development in young children, says nothing contributes more to a young child’s early development than actual parent-child interaction. She believes that while the Baby Einstein videos are not harmful, they do not contribute to helping children learn a language. View	Released: 11/3/2009 2:40 PM EST Expert Available University of Rochester
Science Channels: Education, Story Ideas: Science Keywords: Science Education, Teachers, Research, Lab Experiments, Regent Exam, Public Schools	Teacher Participation in Columbia Program Improves Student Achievement in Science Research assembled over the last decade – now published in the Oct. 16 issue of Science – shows that high school students' pass rate on New York State standardized tests, called Regents examinations, can be significantly improved if they are among the lucky few to study under a teacher trained in Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers. View	Released: 10/16/2009 12:25 PM EDT Columbia University Medical Center
Life Channels: Education Keywords: India, South Asia, Study Abroad	College Students Increasingly Interested in Experiencing, Understanding India, Say Leaders Working Toward South Asia Program In the 1960s and '70s, most people's idea of India centered on sacred cows, Ravi Shankar, spirituality and bullock carts, according to a Kansas State University international programs leader. But students today perceive South Asia as a region of growing economic and political importance to the U.S. and their own lives. View	Released: 10/16/2009 12:00 PM EDT Kansas State University
Life Channels: Education	New Book Offers Latest Research on Performance Pay for Teachers Performance pay for teachers continues to gain momentum nationally despite the absence of a clear understanding of its impact on students, teachers and schools. A new book from the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University brings together the latest research on the topic to offer guidance for researchers, policymakers and practitioners seeking deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding this issue. View	Released: 10/13/2009 10:15 AM EDT Vanderbilt University
Life Channels: Education Keywords: Student Motivation, Rewards	Student Rewards Often Ineffective and Unnecessary, Authors Say It seems so natural to many teachers and parents: give children rewards for doing well in school and that will motivate them to achieve more. Not so fast, according to the authors of a new book on motivating students. View	Released: 10/12/2009 10:40 AM EDT Ohio State University
Life Channels: Education, Environment, Climate Change	Teaching Kids About Climate Change: A Conversation With Education Prof. Randy McGinnis Kids want to know about climate change and the environment - but how do you teach it to them? Maryland Education Professor Randy McGinnis has the answers - along with graduate Emily Hestness. View	Released: 10/5/2009 9:00 PM EDT University of Maryland, College Park

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