By a viewer request, the review tonight is on a "study" describing transformative SEL. Because I ran a little long recording, the YouTube premiere starts at 6:45 PM Central Time. I hope you all join us! Remember that after the premiere there is a live stream chat session exclusively for Locals supporters. Hope to see you all there!
A recent study in Science highlights a serious problem with persuasive AI in the political landscape
References:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea3884
The recent report from UCSD highlights serious K-12 math education failures. Let's talk about it.
References:
https://x.com/sfmcguire79/status/1988246741766861034
https://senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347/sawg-report-on-admissions-review-docs.pdf
The Trump Administration's Higher Education Compact has caused quite a stir. What does it actually say? Is this really a good idea?
References:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2025/10/24/how-universities-are-responding-trumps-compact
A study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examines the fraction of children with asthma that is attributable to gas stoves in the home. Interesting take, but there are a few things worth pointing out.
The YouTube version of the episode will be up tomorrow morning!
Article reviewed in this episode:
Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/mojo/rebel
License code: D5OVVTNIN7FRRQIR
The new one on the actions of “Affinity Groups” is quite interesting, but you can only get it as a paying subscriber! Go check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/0f9q192oAAwAiKCjCC6Edv?si=0b_flngGQliFxK7I_d5N6Q
There will be no content over Thanksgiving week since I'm off on vacation. Happy Thanksgiving all!