Science oops: “Fake scientific papers are alarmingly common”
Could be that 1 in 3 papers are hired works from “paper mills” that fabricate data and plagiarize from elsewhere: Journals are awash in a rising tide of scientific manuscripts…
Climate, Education: “Portland schools without” air conditioning
Teachers tell KGW they have been documenting their temperature gauge for the past week and have seen it reach 83 to 87 degrees inside the classroom. Source: Portland schools without…
Professor flunks all students after falsely accusing them of cheating using Chat GPT to write papers
Professor runs papers through Chat GPT, asked if Chat GPT created the papers. Chat GPT said yes, but was actually wrong.
Demographics: Oregon school enrollments in decline, schools want more money
Oregon has a fertility rate of 1.39 and a net out migration in recent years. No amount of school funding will magically create more kids.
Education oops: “Review finds little evidence to support some claims of gender bias” in academic STEM positions
There are possibly other characteristics that show bias but they were not identified in this study, jointly co-authored by those who previously claimed bias and those who disagreed with that…
Public health, Education: Schools really did close a long time
Oregon closed schools on Mar 12, 2020, then directed to re-open as "hybrid" in Apr 2021, and fully re-open in Sep 2022.