Recent Articles

• Why I started reading storybooks to my older students

  Sheilamary Koch Education

  ​When I was a preschool teacher, reading to my students daily was a requirement for the school’s ELL program — well-supported by a bin of illustrated storybooks in the classroom. But as I began teaching progressively higher grade levels, the amount I read to them progressively decreased. By the time I was teaching ninth-graders, the storybook bin had disappeared from the classroom and I’d stopped reading story books to my students all together — except for one time.

• Is there a market solution to the feral hog problem?

  John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

  Texans have been struggling with the feral hog problem in the state for years now, and it’s pretty clear that traditional hunting and trapping methods aren’t enough to contain their growth. What if, instead of using poison (regardless of whether it’s warfarin- or sodium nitrite-based) to control hog numbers, there was a market-based solution to the problem? That's what some researchers from Texas A&M University-Galveston are trying to do with invasive numbers of lionfish in the Gulf of Mexico.

• A long road ahead for Heathrow expansion, despite optimism

  Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & Automotive

  If anyone needed convincing on just how full London Heathrow airport is, the month of May saw a staggering 6.7 million travelers pass through, thanks mostly to a royal wedding and the start of the summer tourist season. So, when the U.K. government gave almost unanimous support for expansion on June 5, most of those who have to use the airport gave a sigh of relief. Yet, this 20-years-in-the-making saga has only taken a small step forward, and more agonizing hurdles could still blight the airport’s bid to expand and keep pace with its rivals in continental Europe.

• How MACs can increase your bottom line

  Brenda Crist Civil & Government

  What are multiple-award contracts (MAC) and why should they matter to you? Simply put, a MAC is a basic contract awarded to multiple contractors against which they compete for task order awards. MACs are also referred to as indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) and governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWAC). Federal acquisition regulations (FAR) govern how government agencies use MACs to procure goods and services. MACs should matter to every government contractor for five reasons.

• Consider conducting a mid-year review

  Deborah Ike Religious Community

  You've heard of spring cleaning and closing the accounting books at year-end, but have you considered doing a mid-year checkup? The halfway point of the year is an excellent time to make sure you’re on-track with your annual goals, budget, and other aspects of leading the church. It’s also an opportunity to check on facets of church administration that are easy to overlook when you’re busy with the day-to-day. Here are several items to assess when starting a mid-year review.

• Is it possible to enjoy work every day?

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  While I was inclined to say no to this question, I have been proven wrong. After asking it in the varied offices of several different clients, I was greeted with a variety of tips, tricks and methods for enjoying the time we spend at work. First, there is something very deliberate about the word enjoy. It does not imply being happy about everything. In fact, as a line manager pointed out to me, one of her favorite things about her job are problems.

• Tips to boost your energy in the morning

  Lisa Mulcahy Sports & Fitness

  Imagine tackling your workload with enthusiasm, energy, speed and accuracy every single morning (without downing five cups of coffee). Sounds like the impossible dream, right? It's actually easy to achieve. Research has found that the key to maximizing your a.m. performance as soon as you get to work is to simply make a few easy, enjoyable adjustments to your routine. Not only will you actually enjoy making these changes, you'll effortlessly boost your mental and physical stamina.

• Automated robotic device draws blood, performs analysis

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Researchers from Rutgers have developed an automated blood drawing and testing device that promises quick results. Speeding up blood testing could potentially improve hospital workflow and allow practitioners to spend more time treating patients. The research team published a description of their fully automated device online in the journal TECHNOLOGY. "This device represents the holy grail in blood testing technology," said Martin L. Yarmush, senior author of the study, in a press release.

• America’s top fossil sites and dinosaur attractions

  Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

  With "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" slated to open in theaters on Friday, the fifth installment of the blockbuster film series is certain to expand its already huge fan base of pint-sized paleontologists. Parents can best prepare for the dino-mania by including a few fossil sites and dinosaur attractions in the family’s summer vacation plans. That’s easier to do than you might think: there are dino-digs scattered across the country, along with a number of natural history museums that feature excellent dinosaur exhibits.

• The importance of career and tech education in today’s schools

  Brian Stack Education

  On the afternoon of their certificate ceremony from the Seacoast School of Technology in Exeter, New Hampshire, a couple hundred soon-to-be Career and Technical Education (CTE) graduates from my high school as well as some of the surrounding high schools filed into the school cafeteria for what they thought was a pizza party and a raffle drawing for a new pair of workboots from the local Timberland corporate office. This was a follow-up to the survey that Timberland gave students a month earlier, asking for their shoe sizes. What happened next shocked not only the students, but also the teachers and administrators of the CTE school.

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