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The Ohio State University InspireSeeking truth in an era of misinformationOnline scams. Influence campaigns. AI: How to be skeptical, but not cynical, about the information you consume. Plus, advice for teachers.
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2026-01-2125 minThe Ohio State University InspireBuying a house: American dream or pipedream?First-time homebuying really is more difficult than it used to be. Experts share advice on how to overcome the hurdles and make buying your home-sweet-home a reality
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2025-11-1926 minThe Ohio State University InspireDigital disruption: Distracted learning affects more than just schoolkidsSchools are banning phones. But college students, workers also get pulled off task by digital devices. Here’s how smartphones can impact anyone’s thinking and learning.
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Read tips on how to overcome digital distractions.
2025-09-1727 minThe Ohio State University InspirePride and pedagogy: Reality for LGBTQ+ teachersTeaching students and experienced educators talk about being queer in a shifting landscape.
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2025-07-1633 minThe Ohio State University InspireShe started at a school where no one wanted to workEducation leader Antoinette Miranda built a career of advocacy by making her own challenges, and others’, her personal mission. She’s not about to stop now.
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2025-05-2125 minThe Ohio State University InspireParenting teens: Navigating the untidy, unplugged and unpredictableIn a fast-paced, complex world, has the rulebook for raising adolescents been rewritten?
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2025-03-1923 minThe Ohio State University InspireFinding joy when you don’t feel itYou know this elusive emotion when you feel it, and especially when you don’t. Learn ways to rethink and cultivate joy, even in the tough times
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2024-12-1821 minThe Ohio State University InspireScreen time for young kids: What are growing minds missing?Overuse of media devices might impact white matter in developing brains, research shows. But it’s less about screens and more about the interactions that young children aren’t receiving.
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2024-11-2025 minThe Ohio State University InspireAmerican history: Having another déjà vu momentRepeating cycles in the United States could serve as lessons for a better future, if we first recognize them.
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2024-10-2324 minThe Ohio State University InspireAmericans are having fewer babies. Research points to whyBirth rates are declining. Ohio State researchers study possible reasons, economic solutions and discuss the scrutiny of another aspect of reproductive choice
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2024-09-2427 minThe Ohio State University InspireCan educators warm up to AI? Experts weigh inChatbot technology can boost learning motivation and student engagement. But first, educators must put parameters in place.
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2024-08-2129 minThe Ohio State University InspireHidden harm: Investigating elder abuse around usAmerica is aging. How does mistreatment of our oldest members reflect our ageist attitudes? Research indicates how to fight the least-recognized form of abuse.
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2024-07-1729 minThe Ohio State University InspireBetter Latine education starts with the right booksIn America’s schools, Latine children make up nearly a third of students. Are we teaching them in ways that ensure their future, and ours? Latine literature shows a path forward.
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See our experts' top picks for Latine children's and young adult books.
2024-06-1831 minThe Ohio State University InspireThe psychology of scamming: How fraudsters hijack your brainIf you think you can’t be duped by internet and phone scammers, you’re the victim they’re looking for. Here’s how fraudsters get inside your head and swindle people who think they can’t be “had.”
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Read our tips for how to protect yourself, and what to know to stay on guard.
2024-05-1525 minThe Ohio State University InspireDebunking myths about co-opted reading scienceThree “science of reading” researchers push back on the idea that teaching phonics alone will cure America’s literacy problems. Comprehension is the next big hurdle.
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2024-04-1730 minThe Ohio State University InspireThe power of curiosity in learningDriven by curiosity, young children recall details that adults miss. Discover why exploration is critical for learning and innovation, but in excess could lead to social turmoil
Credits: YouTube, Stanford; YouTube, DC Public Library; WXIA-TV; Woody Guthrie; video by Lindsay Rice
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2024-03-2029 minThe Ohio State University InspireTurning back the tide on Black youth suicideOnce rare, Black youth suicide spiked in recent years. Indigenous youth have struggled with the trend for decades. Can instilling community and culture reverse a heartbreaking phenomenon for us all?
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Read Theory into Practice: Homeplace and Black Joy in K-12 Education. Also, see tips on suicide prevention.
2024-02-1430 minThe Ohio State University InspireA new you: How exercise impacts mental healthScience is now uncovering the myriad ways that exercise impacts the brain. For less stress, improved cognition and a “feel-better” effect, there’s nothing quite like movement to boost mental health.
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Read expert tips on how best to stick with your exercise routine.
2024-01-1726 minThe Ohio State University InspireThe Ohio State Inspire podcast trailerThe monthly Inspire Podcast asks Ohio State's Education and Human Ecology experts — and everyday heroes — about the issues that people encounter in life: mental and physical health, inequity, lifelong learning, raising and teaching children. To discover why ... and why not? Because hidden in our dilemmas and most complex problems are exquisite solutions.
2023-12-0102 minThe Ohio State University InspireGetting schooled using hip-hopThe provocative and high-powered music genre that turned 50 this year can be used to teach almost anything — if you first embrace its cultural relevance
Listen to playlists of hip-hop songs recommended by Assistant Professor Jason Rawls and Professor Elaine Richardson, and those that appear in this episode: YouTube or Spotify
Credits: GloRilla, FSG Rell, Naz, Elaine Richardson, Kendrick Lamar, Skepta feat. JME, Megan Thee Stallion, feat. Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign, Ray Wimley, Sa-Roc, Flau’Jae, Mumu Fresh, James Brown, Grandmaster Funk, C Psylince and Talib Kweli.
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2023-11-1528 minThe Ohio State University InspireThe book ban battlegroundYoung people need stories that reflect their lives, experts say. Using censorship to deny that representation can have dangerous consequences.
Link to transcript. Read a National Council of Teachers of English article about continuing efforts to preserve intellectual freedom.
2023-10-1831 minThe Ohio State University InspireStories of overcomingNoah and Asho scaled incredible obstacles just to make it to college. Somehow, they never gave up. How two students beat the odds, and the people who helped them believe in possibilities.
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2023-09-2025 minThe Ohio State University InspireBeautiful and terrifying, awe moves us outside ourselvesOne elusive emotion reveals that individuals aren’t the center of the universe. Then, it makes us feel calmer, more connected and happier
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See a playlist of songs that Education and Human Ecology faculty and staff find awe-inspiring, or read why listeners like the selections and watch the music videos.
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2023-08-1633 minThe Ohio State University InspireThe science behind picky eatingWhy do some people — especially kids — fiddle with, wince at and despise the very foods that science tells us are most healthful? Here's how to get finicky types to give meatloaf and other 'yucky' foods a chance
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2023-07-1925 minThe Ohio State University InspireLet’s talk about sex (education)Students say they’re learning about sex from a variety of places — but not where they should be. There’s a better way to teach American youth, researchers say
Caution: This podcast episode mentions suicide.
Read about Ohio State research detailing questions middle-schoolers asked about sex.
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2023-06-2131 minThe Ohio State University InspireReligious faith is diversity, too. Higher ed should embrace itCollege students shape and strengthen their beliefs by interacting with peers from different faith backgrounds. That’s a very good thing, research shows.
Click here to see a list of Ohio State University prayer and meditation spaces.
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2023-05-1728 minThe Ohio State University InspireStudent mental health: A crisis years in the makingHope. School belongingness. More trained professionals. We know how to fix the mental health challenges facing American youth. So why aren't more schools putting those strategies to work?
Credits: CBS News; National Public Radio
Notes: Partnering with Families to Support Mental Health: Research-based Strategies for Educators by the College of Education and Human Ecology’s Center on Education and Training Employment. Click through to tables of evidence-based protective factors, proven to help youth navigate mental health challenges.
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2023-04-1922 minThe Ohio State University InspireGen Z’s thrifting ninjas save cash, help the planetYoung consumers mean serious business when they shop resale, and their eclectic, eco-minded style is anything but cliché. Ohio State students and Fashion Retail Studies faculty offer tips for scoring big in thrift stores.
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2023-03-2227 minThe Ohio State University InspireLove matters: Kindness, belonging might just save usScience quantifies the need for love, caring relationships and belonging. It could be the cure to a hurting world. But who knew that giving a little kindness could also heal the giver? Link to transcript
2023-02-1530 minThe Ohio State University InspireAthletes who lead the charge for civil rightsSports have for decades been a platform for social activism. Today, athletes from the WNBA to college campuses are speaking out more than ever against the injustice they and others face.
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Credits: BBC TV, NBA on TNT, CNN, TIME, 12News KPNX-TV, Ohio State football, History, Democracy Now!, NBC, ABC, Gatorade, USA Today, NPR.
2023-01-1823 minThe Ohio State University InspireWhen the school bus stops coming: Young adults with IDDs
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities face an uncertain future when they graduate from high school. How can families and individuals navigate the next steps? Experts and adults with IDDs weigh in.
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2022-12-2125 minThe Ohio State University InspireGoing deep — and wide — into lifelong learningWhat Jeopardy championships and educational psychologists say about smart thinking, and how almost anyone can achieve deep and meaningful learning
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2022-11-2229 minThe Ohio State University InspireSmart boards and handguns: Ohio teachers gear up for classA revised Ohio gun law arms teachers after 24 hours of training. Education researchers see unintended consequences and better ways to stop school shootings.
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2022-10-1826 minThe Ohio State University InspireHow to talk to kids about raceConversations about race are tough. How adults handle them can change the way kids see each other. Experts offer tips to handle hard questions and empower kids to know their worth.
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2022-09-2124 minThe Ohio State University InspireWhy we put off dealing with procrastinationYou tell yourself it can wait until tomorrow — that you work best under pressure. That’s a lie. Procrastination is self-sabotage, researchers say, and it’s easier to correct than you think.
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2022-08-1729 minThe Ohio State University InspireCutting edge: Changing ideas about sustainable fashionThe clothing we buy is putting a strain on the environment. Can innovators restyle an industry to remake and redo, rather than do more harm? A researcher and a forward-thinking designer share their vision.
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2022-07-2025 minThe Ohio State University InspireDying to learn: Anxiety in aftermath of Uvalde shootingThe day after a gunman killed 21 in Texas, millions of parents nervously returned kids to school. How will adults — and kids — deal with their fear when summer break ends?
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2022-06-1526 minThe Ohio State University InspireStolen from her tribe, now she’s fighting backAdopted by a white family at 18 months, Sandy White Hawk lost her family, her heritage and her compass. Now she’s partnering with an Ohio State researcher to show the impact of adoption on Native children and to save the law that could have saved her. Warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual abuse and suicide.
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2022-05-1827 minThe Ohio State University InspireTeachers are calling it quits. It’s time for a resetSurveys indicate record numbers of teachers will quit their jobs. But COVID didn’t create the crisis, they say. It’s been building for some time.
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2022-04-2030 minThe Ohio State University InspireParenting students: The ‘invisible’ population on campusMore than one in five American college students are also parents. They struggle to find belonging, flexibility and resources in higher education. But they are not giving up.
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2022-03-1523 minThe Ohio State University InspireThe making of an academic phenomHer research centers Black women and girls in education. But few people expected a girl from East Saint Louis to become what Lori Patton Davis has.
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2022-02-1627 minThe Ohio State University InspireWhen kids come out: How parents and schools tip the balanceThe response families, teachers and friends give to LBGTQ+ youth follows them throughout their lives. The consequences couldn’t be higher.
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2022-01-1924 minThe Ohio State University InspireLGBTQ students: Authentic and daring to be freeStudents who identify as LGBTQ want the same things their classmates enjoy. The space to learn. Not to be “othered.” How can higher education take allyship to the next level?
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2021-11-1723 minThe Ohio State University InspireInternational students: ‘The worst year but the best year’Ohio State students from China to Syria navigate education, isolation and fear during a pandemic that impacts them in different ways
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2021-10-2021 minThe Ohio State University InspireBlack English is fire, even in classToo fly. Fire. Dope. So much of American expression comes straight from Black English, a.k.a. African American Vernacular English. But you won't find this colorful and dynamic language taught in schools. Ohio State education researchers say Black students need their language heritage to finally be validated.
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2021-09-2226 minThe Ohio State University InspireGrappling with the Land Grant truthOhio State Professor Stephen Gavazzi learned a painful truth about Land Grant Universities — just after his book on the subject went to press. Now he’s working with a team of Ohio State researchers to find a path to healing harm done to indigenous tribes when they lost lands to fund the university through the Morrill Act of 1862.
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2021-08-1831 minThe Ohio State University InspireWhy history repeats itselfHaven't we been here before? From racial protests to children separated from parents to political polarization, America has faced it before. Faculty who prepare social studies teachers weigh in on the way we learn history and how we don't need to be destined to repeat it.
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2021-07-2123 minThe Ohio State University InspireOnward: Building diversity on American campusesAs college students, they struggled against a system that often made them feel inadequate. Now Ohio State leaders, Ayanna Howard, James Moore and Don Pope-Davis are creating change and showing how everyone benefits from diversity on campus.
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2021-06-1622 minThe Ohio State University InspireMissed genius: When gifted students are overlookedA Black boy from Brooklyn flew under the radar in American schools. Now he’s a professor and researcher of underrepresentation in gifted education. How many others are left behind?
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2021-05-1927 minThe Ohio State University InspireNot your model minority: Asian students speak outAttacks on Asians and Asian Americans have escalated, but students at Ohio State University are not taking it sitting down. Asian American and Pacific Islander students and faculty speak up, shedding light on 150 years of oppression.
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2021-04-2122 minThe Ohio State University InspireSchooled in racial bias: Unraveling harm in K-12 educationDisparities in discipline and academics have for decades hurt students of color. Now communities are ending the silence about racism in K-12 education. We talk to scholars and educators about addressing a history of wrongdoing toward marginalized students.
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2021-03-1715 minThe Ohio State University InspireA couture dress in a thrift store, a story about raceA thrift store debutante gown turns out to be a creation by Ann Lowe, the first Black designer and maker of Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress. Behind the exquisite stitchery, a tale of race and daunting odds.
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2021-02-1717 minThe Ohio State University InspireRacial Reckoning: Black students tell their storiesFive Black Ohio State students tell the shocking stories of racism they've endured, and how "emotionally exhausting" being young and Black in America can be. How educators can help, and how these students intend to turn the tide through education.
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2020-12-1620 minThe Ohio State University InspireFighting hunger through scienceShe grew up sheltered from poverty in her comfortable home in Ghana. But when Irene Hatsu came face-to-face with extreme hunger, she decided to do something about it. At Ohio State, the associate professor of nutrition teams up with a top researcher to help a vulnerable population in novel ways.
2020-11-1824 minThe Ohio State University InspireYear of upheaval and innovation: 1968Michael Allen came to Ohio State in the late ’60s expecting to study under leading experts in human engineering. Instead, he pioneered computer-based educational technology at the university, commanding the attention of IBM, Apple and other technology heavy-weights.
2020-10-2128 minThe Ohio State University InspireThrowing the shackles off mathematicsMathematics works to hold some people back: Children fitting a stereotype are encouraged to think; others are told to follow. 9/11 changed Associate Professor Theodore Chao’s purpose. He’s out to prevent math trauma by helping children engage in mathematics in “amazing and deep ways.”
2020-09-1624 minThe Ohio State University InspireAwakened to privilege: ‘Rich, white guy’ finds the sweet spotHigher education expert and Flesher Professor Matthew Mayhew believes that college is "the great intervention" that motivates students to understand difference — in race, religion and world view. How did an evangelical Christian who grew up with packaged privilege come to that conclusion?
2020-08-1918 minThe Ohio State University InspireBlack and gifted: A trailblazer's backstoryNationally recognized expert Donna Ford tells her backstory on being gifted, black and poor in East Cleveland, and how it motivated her to create change for gifted children of color.
-Robin Chenoweth is a writer for The Ohio State University's College of Education and Human Ecology. She spoke to Dr. Donna Ford, a professor of special education.
The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology is a tapestry of people with fascinating stories to tell. Individually and collectively, faculty, staff, students and alumni are led to improve lives, crea...
2020-07-1524 minThe Ohio State University InspireThe Ohio State University Inspire trailerWhere does the spark to innovate come from? Faculty, alumni and students at Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology tell how they discovered their calling sometimes against incredible odds. Despite the curve balls thrown at them, these pioneers are led to improve lives and create change for those outside privilege. Our monthly Inspire podcast tells their stories.
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