Emily Haavik
Stories
April 4, 2024
As states refocus reading instruction, two universities stick with a discredited idea
Other schools are backing away from a disproven theory about how kids learn to read, but programs started by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell train literacy coaches to believe in it.
September 13, 2016
It's a match. Or is it?
DNA analysis has come to be one of the most relied-upon tools in forensic criminology. Here's a look at when it's simple and when it's not.
May 12, 2016
Numbers elusive when it comes to trafficking
Estimating the number of human trafficking victims in the United States is notoriously difficult.