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Study: Educators say Iowa's divisive concepts law complicates teaching
Teachers and administrators in Iowa schools interviewed for a new study said that their state's 2021 law banning instruction on "divisive" concepts of race and gender stifles efforts to promote just and inclusive schools ...
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Sep 10, 2024
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First publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's collected poems offers new insights into author's personality
If you have read The Lord of the Rings, there is a good chance that you skipped over one or more of the 75 songs and poems in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic. Yet long before he was the "father of modern fantasy", Tolkien's ...
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Sep 10, 2024
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Opinion: For successful school phone bans, school administrators and parents need to support teachers
As students return to class across the country, they will be confronting a new reality as most Canadian provinces have introduced restrictions on cellphone use at school.
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Sep 10, 2024
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Opinion: Social media is like sex—young people need education, not unrealistic bans
The Australian federal government has committed to a national plan to ban children from social media.
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Sep 10, 2024
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Researcher examines model to foster just and equitable youth engagement in residential facilities
Recent research by Andrew Nalani, a faculty member at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, examines the viewpoints of youth care workers in juvenile residential facilities and their desires for fostering ...
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Sep 9, 2024
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Belief in academic ability key factor in academic success for low-income students
A strong belief in their own academic ability can help children from low-income families defy the odds and achieve academic success, according to new research from Trinity College Dublin.
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Sep 9, 2024
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Technology classes at school can also teach skills for business and life: South African teachers share ideas
Starting and running your own business takes hard work and a can-do attitude. Typically, entrepreneurs are the kinds of people who can identify and solve problems innovatively, are willing to take risks and learn from mistakes.
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Sep 5, 2024
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How parents' support and emotional guidance shape homework success
New research from Hebrew University shows that how well parents understand their children and manage their own emotions greatly affects homework time. Parents who are good at understanding their kids are more supportive and ...
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Sep 5, 2024
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Virtual learning linked to rise in chronic absenteeism, study finds
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of chronic absenteeism have nearly doubled across the nation for students in kindergarten through grade 12.
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Sep 5, 2024
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DNA may be a powerful predictor of educational success, new research suggests
Researchers at the University of York are calling for further exploration of the role DNA could play in predicting educational outcomes. The work is published in the journal Educational Psychology Review.
Social Sciences
Sep 4, 2024
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Schools urged to teach children how to spot conspiracies and fake news
Young people are as engaged and interested in current affairs as ever, but social media is siloing their opinions and making fake news hard to spot, and schools are the places to tackle this, according to a conspiracy theory ...
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Sep 4, 2024
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A 'river of experience': How many ways of knowing inform a course on the climate crisis and actions
How can we educate about the climate crisis in a way that gives students the tools they need to move towards hopeful visions for the future?
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Sep 4, 2024
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Study finds when self-determination model provided to schools with support, teachers and all students benefit
For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have shown that giving students, especially those with disabilities, ownership of their education improves their outcomes. The Kansas University Center on Developmental ...
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Sep 4, 2024
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STEM afterschool programs' benefits extend to friend groups
Research has established that youth participation in science-focused afterschool clubs leads to a higher science identity—or seeing oneself as a science kind of person or as a scientist—and that peers exert influence ...
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Sep 4, 2024
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Licking an ice lolly at school might make a good memory, but this isn't the secret to learning science
A group of scientists, including people from the Royal Society of Chemistry, recently proposed that experiences such as licking an ice lolly should be part of the science curriculum. By licking a lolly and seeing how it melts—the ...
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Sep 4, 2024
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How stories can teach young people about life in a changing climate
Education is key to empowering young people to respond to climate change. It's something that will reach into every aspect of their lives in complex ways. However, the national curriculum largely confines climate change to ...
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Sep 4, 2024
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What nonverbal cues reveal about online learning and robotics
In today's digital reality, where virtual classrooms are increasingly commonplace, it's essential to know how to make online education as impactful as traditional face-to-face learning. A recent study conducted at Cluster ...
Social Sciences
Sep 4, 2024
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Should you reward kids for success? Or is there a better way to talk about achievement?
It's become a ritual in our family—after a long day at his rowing regatta, my 17-year-old son and I get fast food on the way home. I am sure there are far more nutritious ways to replace the calories he's burned. But I ...
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Sep 4, 2024
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Film director explains how to make inclusive cinema to favor access for people with disabilities
The film director Miguel Ángel Font Bisier, a student on the Ph.D. program in Applied Languages, Literature and Translation, has defended an innovative thesis at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón titled "Inclusive cinema: ...
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Sep 4, 2024
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'Digital pause': France pilots school mobile phone ban
Tens of thousands of pupils in France are going through a slightly different return to school this autumn, deprived of their mobile phones.
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Sep 4, 2024
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