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Five questions your child's school should be able to answer about bullying
As children return to classrooms for 2024, school communities will be confronting bullying in person and via technology.
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Researchers analyze career pathways for gifted girls
Compared to boys, girls often excel in their secondary education results—but even the most gifted students may struggle to find their "dream job" and follow the best career path, pay grades and workplace progression to ...
Social Sciences
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Understanding music-performance anxiety in children
Do music pupils in primary school suffer from performance anxiety?
Education
Feb 1, 2024
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Under the skin: Bullying's hidden health effects
Intimidation at school is a widespread and worrying phenomenon being examined through psychology and genomics.
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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New literature review on 'crisis of confidence' due to lack of reproducibility in academic research
In light of recent cases of plagiarism and academic fraud at institutions across the country, a Virginia Commonwealth University professor's new study provides a timely review of the current state of research findings in ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2024
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AI can help, and hurt, student creativity
Teachers across the country are grappling with whether to view AI tools like ChatGPT as friend or foe in the classroom. My research shows that the answer isn't always simple. It can be both.
Education
Feb 1, 2024
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Local geographic variations found in children's school readiness in England
Research by Dr. K. Purdam and colleagues from Social Statistics has highlighted the substantial differences in school readiness at the individual, school and local area levels in England. The work is published in the journal ...
Education
Feb 1, 2024
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Study highlights key social forces shaping worldwide academic freedom trends
Recent crackdowns on academic freedom span the globe, from cases of university closures in Turkey, the dismissal of professors in China, and attacks on scholars in India to legislative restrictions on race and gender curriculum ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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Boosting teacher well-being at the start of term helps combat attrition and burnout, research suggests
Supporting teacher well-being at the start of term is integral to sustaining their well-being long-term, according to UNSW research. Understanding how we can better support teacher well-being and how it changes over time ...
Education
Feb 1, 2024
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Whether a racial minority or majority at their school, white teachers struggle with race relations
White workers' emotions about race and reactions to racial differences in the workplace are triggered by identity threat-induced culture shock, researchers suggest in a new study.
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2024
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Q&A: For students still feeling pandemic shock the clock is ticking—report shows persistent achievement gaps
A new report from the Education Recovery Scorecard, a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard and the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, shows that some states, including ...
Education
Jan 31, 2024
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Examining math anxiety among middle schoolers and how it affects their performance
Math anxiety, which can begin as early as kindergarten, negatively affects students' math performance both in the moment and throughout their math education. Most research focuses on the affective or physiological aspects ...
Education
Jan 31, 2024
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Study shows how allyship can combat discrimination in STEM for Blacks, Latinos
Calling out discriminatory behavior is an effective way for white students to help combat racism against Black and Latino science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students, according to new research from Rice University.
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2024
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How Black male college athletes deal with anti-Black stereotypes on campus
In an effort to avoid stereotypes about Black male athletes, such as being labeled a "dumb jock," Spike, a college football player, says he wore athletic clothes to class as little as possible.
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2024
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Researchers: Schools have long way to go to offer equitable learning opportunities, especially in French immersion
The Ontario Human Rights Commission's Right to Read report, published last February, called for changes in the province's educational system. The commission found shortcomings in how schools support students with special ...
Education
Jan 31, 2024
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Learning to read in times of alternative facts
The child runs a finger along the lines of text, painstakingly mouthing the words. Teaching children to read and write has always been a major task for our schools, but developments in society require a new, broader view ...
Education
Jan 30, 2024
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Study finds greater financial stability for graduates with two majors
Here's one good reason for college students to consider a double major: It could soften the blow to their incomes from future economic slumps.
Economics & Business
Jan 30, 2024
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Affirmative action policies to increase diversity are successful, but controversial, around the world
In a landmark judgment in June 2023, the US supreme court ruled against the use of race-conscious admissions in colleges and universities. This decision marked a controversial end to affirmative action in US higher education ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2024
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Students are missing more school, and school nurses may be well-positioned to help
School nurses are more than just health care heroes. They also play a key role in identifying students who are at risk for chronic absenteeism—a growing problem that diminishes academic success and can hurt students' health ...
Education
Jan 29, 2024
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Study finds powerful narrative can drive policy action, cultural change
The ability to grab listeners with a compelling story, complete with heroes, villains and victims, is not only a must for great literature, it is increasingly a tool for changing policy.
Education
Jan 26, 2024
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