In 2019, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s current deputy chief appeared in a promotional video for a television drama about firefighters. In the video, Deputy Chief Kristine Larson, who is black and ...
After a series of high-profile crimes throughout the state last spring and summer exposed gaps in Colorado’s legal system for ...
AMES, Iowa – The nomination of the first woman presidential candidate by a major party has shattered some gender barriers, while at the same time reinforced certain stereotypes and double standards ...
Colorado courts are rolling out a new program that leaders and advocates hope will make a dent – even if small – in the long wait times for competency evaluations. The new program, competency ...
Children on the playground at Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora yelled “stranger danger!” as they ran away from a man who allegedly tried to kidnap an 11-year old child. The man accused ...
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias where people tend to overestimate their own abilities and knowledge in specific areas, especially when their actual competence level is low. This ...
A few studies have found that competence evaluations that rely heavily on elementary or secondary students' opinions are much less likely to result in "false positives" (that is, labeling a competent ...