Scholars examine how faculty define rigor in online college courses

A new article by scholars Jennifer L. James, Ph.D., Karen Myers, DNP, and Olivia Miller, M.A., in the Journal of Educators ...
Science-Based MedicineOpinion

Dr. John Ioannidis Says Obsessive, Self-Anointed “Science-Based” Blamers Are a Total Embarrassment for Science

While his COVID output and enabling of MAHA doctors should be remembered, it’s not clear why anyone should pay attention to ...
CNBC

Making money in this market requires rigor and passion — just not in equal parts

The following passage was part of Jim Cramer's prepared introduction to Wednesday's June Monthly Meeting of the CNBC Investing Club. I want to try to make sense of things that elude pretty much ...
KELOLAND News

South Dakota says goodbye to Common Core math

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Board of Education Standards on Monday adopted new curriculum standards for mathematics and health. The decisions came after the fourth and final public hearings ...
Wall Street Journal

Medical Schools’ Rigor Is Not Under Threat

Your editorial wrongly asserts in “A Welcome Setback for Medical DEI” (Review & Outlook, March 24) that medical-school standards have weakened as medical schools have given priority to DEI. No one, ...
Quanta Magazine

In Math, Rigor Is Vital. But Are Digitized Proofs Taking It Too Far?

In ancient Greece, Euclid showed that if you agree on a small list of preliminary principles, or axioms, you can use deductive reasoning to reveal all sorts of new mathematical truths. But although ...
Chalkbeat

After fights over social studies standards, conservative activists turn to math

This story about math standards was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter ...
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Driving PME Transformation for the Total Force: CGSS Modernizes Distance Learning Common Core

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The U.S. Army Command and General Staff School has overhauled its intermediate-level professional military education distance learning program, known as the Asynchronous ...
The Harvard Crimson

Recenter Rigor, Not the Curve

This staff editorial solely represents the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board. It is the product of discussions at regular Editorial Board meetings. In order to ensure the impartiality of ...
The Harvard Crimson

When Workloads Rise, Rigor Falls

This staff editorial solely represents the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board. It is the product of discussions at regular Editorial Board meetings. In order to ensure the impartiality of ...
EdSurge

Beyond Memorization: Redefining Rigor in the Age of AI

Ask a student to memorize a formula, and AI can do it faster. But ask them to apply it to a real-world problem, and that’s where the future of rigor lies. For decades, rigor in advanced coursework ...
The Conversation

Earth’s inner core: nobody knows exactly what it’s made of – now we’ve started to uncover the truth

The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...