A new study has found that a long-standing voluntary school desegregation program in Massachusetts has a significant positive impact on the urban students who take part in it.
Education
Feb 15, 2024
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The pandemic has exacerbated the problem of school absences. When schools reopened, fewer pupils went to school than before the COVID-19 school closures.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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Media coverage of terrorist attacks significantly raises fear amongst families and leads to children being kept out of schools in Kenya, new research reveals.
Economics & Business
Nov 2, 2022
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Over the past few years, the pandemic prompted school closures and remote learning that drew international attention to issues of students missing school—what researchers call "non-attendance."
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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"Plant blindness" is caused by a lack of exposure to nature and could be cured by close contact through activities such as wild food foraging, a study shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2022
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New data from Rwanda, and some of the first published on how COVID-19 has impacted school attendance in the Global South, suggest that a widely-predicted spike in drop-out rates has "not materialized".
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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Close friends are important drivers of adolescent behavior, including college attendance, according to Steven Alvarado, assistant professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Education
Mar 4, 2021
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Nearly half of the teachers in a nationwide survey conducted during the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic reported working almost an entire extra day while teaching from home, with some working in excess of 20 ...
Education
Jul 6, 2020
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A trip to Disney World. A few days over at Grandma's house (over the course of a year) to bake cookies. Letting your kid stay home because, well, it suits your schedule better.
Education
Feb 12, 2020
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A study of after-school programs in Connecticut led by UConn researchers suggests that students who participate for several years in programs sponsored by 21st Century Community Learning Centers have higher attendance in ...
Education
Apr 12, 2019
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