Researchers: Mentorship is key to improving social and economic outcomes for Black youth
Black youth in Canada experience poorer educational achievement than other children and youth, which leads to subsequent poor economic outcomes.
Black youth in Canada experience poorer educational achievement than other children and youth, which leads to subsequent poor economic outcomes.
Social Sciences
Mar 19, 2024
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Unique adaptations allow wild animals to survive temperature extremes that would quickly kill an unprotected human. For example, certain animals can withstand bitterly cold weather, thanks to the insulating properties of ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2024
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Pears are big business in the Pacific Northwest US. But did you know that traditional pear breeding has remained largely unchanged for centuries?
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 15, 2024
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Sexting involves taking self-made naked or partially naked sexual photos, videos or explicit texts and sending them online or via a mobile phone. They are more commonly referred to as "nudes" or "dick pics" by young people.
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2024
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A positive relationship with a teacher at an early age may help children to feel more engaged with school, but not necessarily in the long term, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2024
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Even in tech-heavy Washington state, the numbers of students with access to computer science classes aren't higher than national averages: In the 2022–2023 school year, 48% of public high schools offered foundational CS ...
Education
Mar 14, 2024
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Want to learn a new language? Try watching videos in that language with the captions turned on—and slow down the speed.
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2024
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Teachers might be more motivated to help students engage with their emotions and build their resilience when this work is part of lessons, rather than as an add-on intervention, a new study has found.
Education
Mar 13, 2024
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Mobile phones are currently banned in all Australian state schools and many Catholic and independent schools around the country. This is part of a global trend over more than a decade to restrict phone use in schools.
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2024
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A new study of how high school students respond to a program designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about race in school finds that the anti-racist intervention did not cause stress or feelings of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2024
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