Chris Berdik

3 weeks ago | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Michael Kovnat |Chris Berdik

When did everything get so freaking noisy? Have you noticed? Living in the modern world means being exposed to what seems like a nonstop barrage of sound, from text alerts to podcast notifications, appliances that beep and smart speakers that talk. Some us even use noise-making apps to help us meditate or sleep. All these sounds are messing with our health, our focus, even our friendships, says science journalist . But here’s the good news: we’re not powerless.

3 weeks ago | nexojornal.com.br | Chris Berdik

1 month ago | undark.org | Chris Berdik

Yale psychiatrist Albert Powers didn’t know what to expect as he strolled among the tarot card readers, astrologers, and crystal vendors at the psychic fair held at the Best Western outside North Haven, Connecticut, on a cloudy November Saturday in 2014. At his clinic, Powers worked with young people, mostly teenagers, who had started hearing voices. His patients and their families were worried that the voices might be precursors of psychosis such as schizophrenia. Sometimes, they were.

1 month ago | tucsonsentinel.com | Chris Berdik

The Hechinger Report The Trump administration nixed some $600 million in teacher-training grants, citing DEI. Programs to recruit and train rural teachers are cutting scholarships, laying off staff and closing shop. Jaci Grado has wanted to be an educator since she was in kindergarten.

1 month ago | 1011now.com | Chris Berdik

SCHUYLER, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Jaci Grado has wanted to be an educator since she was in kindergarten. Her love of teaching solidified in high school when she worked at an after-school program in her hometown of Schuyler, Nebraska. The biggest employer in Schuyler is the Cargill beef processing plant, which relies on immigrant labor. More than 70 percent of the town’s 6,500 residents are Latino, including Grado, whose parents immigrated from Mexico.