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Editor's note
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Poetry has been part of children’s education since the days of Colonial America. From early textbooks with poetic alphabets to the famed midnight ride of Paul Revere, poems have been used to improve literacy and promote nationalism. Michigan State’s Laura Apol follows the evolution
to today’s English classrooms, where more and more teachers are using poetry that’s relevant and accessible to young people. The result? An exciting era for youth poetry – one that sees student poets finding their identity, expressing cultural and political convictions, and letting their voices be heard.
And Brett C. Burkhardt at Oregon State University takes a long look at the research on private prisons in the U.S. The facilities have more inmate misconduct, more escapes and higher staff turnover – but they’re likely to thrive in the coming years.
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Top story
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A student performs at the 2013 Louder Than a Bomb slam poetry competition in Boston, Massachusetts.
John Tammaro / flickr
Laura Apol, Michigan State University
Poetry has been a part of teaching and learning for hundreds of years. But how has poetry education changed? And how are young voices using poetry to express themselves today?
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Environment + Energy
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Edgar Hertwich, Yale University; Anders Arvesen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Sangwon Suh, University of California, Santa Barbara; Thomas Gibon, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
No energy source is perfect, but solar and wind have a much lower health and environmental footprint than fossil fuels, a study finds. Biopower, though, is a mixed bag.
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Science + Technology
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Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
New standards and regulations are beginning to govern how companies protect customers' data. Companies ignore this vital issue at their peril, both financially and legally.
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Cris Ledón-Rettig, Indiana University, Bloomington
How can the same basic genome produce such different forms in the two sexes of a single species? It turns out one gene can encode for various things, depending on the order its instructions are read.
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Stories of Note
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Steven M. Demorest, Northwestern University
Children with difficulty singing can be labelled as 'nonmusical' by parents, teachers and pop culture. This toxic idea of 'talent' can deprive people of music's benefits for the rest of their lives.
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Kathleen B. Jones, San Diego State University
Hannah Arendt, a political theorist, fled Germany during Adolf Hitler's rise to power and later wrote about ‘the banality of evil.’ Her work has recently become a best-seller. Here's why.
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Brian Thiede, Pennsylvania State University; Lillie Greiman, The University of Montana; Stephan Weiler, Colorado State University; Steven C. Beda, University of Oregon; Tessa Conroy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
More and more people are talking about the 'rural-urban divide,' but what does that phrase actually mean? We asked experts from around the country to illustrate the gap in graphs and maps.
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