The Bias Against Creativity
As Asimov declared in his famous 1959 essay on creativity and idea generation, “The world in general disapproves of creativity.”
Education
Teachers Like You Like You: How Finding Common Ground Could Help Close the Achievement Gap
We like people like ourselves. Scientists call it the homophily principle, which states that like birds, people tend to flock with others who look and think and act like themselves.
Affirming Their Way to the Top: How A Small Intervention Could Help Close the Social Class Achievement Gap
Almost a fifth of all undergraduate students in America are the first in their families to go to college.
The Rejected Student Who Didn’t Complain
Consider the following two types of Ivy League admissions programs designed to grant special access to students: Affirmative action and legacy admissions.
Textbook of the Future?
College education is too expensive, and textbooks are part of the problem. This is the thinking that motivated two psychologists to create an online platform to provide up-to-date, fully-customizable text books, for free.
Q&A: Grit Psychologist Angela Duckworth Wins Genius Grant
We spoke with Angela Duckworth following the official announcement to talk about receiving the MacArthur award, her plans for the money, and what her lab is currently working on.