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Can you find Slovenia on a map? What else do you know about this Central European nation with 2.1 million people.

Can you find Panama on a map? What else do you know about this Central American nation with 3.8 million people.

Draw a line down the middle of a blank piece of paper. On the left side, write: “I am a male in society. Being a man means …” On the right side, “I am a female in society. Being a woman means …” Take several minutes to write at least 5 sentences for each column.…

Can you find Botswana on a map? What else do you know about this Southern African nation with 2.3 million people.

Can you find Jordan on a map? What else do you know about this Middle Eastern nation with 10.5 million people.

Before reading the article: What do you know about the relations between the Dutch settlers and Indigenous people in the 17th century? Where did you learn this information? In schools? Museums? Textbooks? Pop culture? Family and friends? How accurate do you think your knowledge and understanding is? Next, look closely at the photographs of this…

Can you find Mongolia on a map? What else do you know about this Northern Asian nation with about 3.1 million people?

Have your parents ever talked to you about drugs? What did they say? What questions did they ask? Who initiated the conversation? Were the discussions helpful? Welcomed? Embarrassing? Enlightening? In “How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs When Everyone Is Doing Them,” David Hochman writes: The assignment was to write a four-page research paper…

So, trust me when I say that I am all for cross-talk and communication between neuroscience and education. However, with the increasing excitement surrounding neuroscience research I feel it’s necessary to discuss some of the limitations of the ability of neuroscience to inform and influence educational practice. This digest collects a few different resources that…

Can you find Belgium on a map? What else do you know about this nation in Western Europe with about 11.6 million people?