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Study analyzes how genes and education influence socioeconomic success
Ambitious public education policies have the capacity to cushion the role of the "genetic lottery" in people's life chances. This is one of the main conclusions of a scientific study by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), ...
Economics & Business
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Language-based screeners may miss kids who struggle to read due to visual-processing issues
Reading difficulties, like dyslexia, are common and often affect achievement and outcomes during school and later in life. A new study, published in Current Biology, reports that current methods used to test for reading disabilities ...
Teaching with and about GenAI in classrooms
It is important that teachers and students are aware of and understand the major shortcomings of technology, state Norwegian researchers who have studied the use of AI in the classroom.
Education
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How reading shapes and enhances our cognitive activity
Smartphones, online learning, generative AI: The way we read has changed more in the last decade than in the previous century. So what do we actually know about what reading does for the mind? In his new book, Falk Huettig, ...
Education
Jun 23, 2026
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Helping their friends to read can boost children's attainment
In a primary school classroom, a 9-year-old reads aloud to the person next to them. When they stumble over a word, their partner encourages them to try again. Together, they discuss what might happen next. But the child isn't ...
Education
Jun 23, 2026
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AI tools may reshape higher education by automating marking and personalizing feedback
The evolution of higher education in the digital era has attracted global attention, and Prof. S. Joe Qin, president and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University, published a paper titled "AI for ...
Education
Jun 22, 2026
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Understanding what drives students to attack their peers
Identifying risk factors is crucial to designing effective prevention strategies against bullying and cyberbullying. A study conducted by the Laboratory for Studies on Coexistence and Violence Prevention (LAECOVI) at the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2026
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Funding boosts postgraduate student success—study measures how
Postgraduate education is good for a country. Thriving economies need people with advanced academic degrees to enhance research productivity. Research and innovation capability have a positive impact on the competitiveness ...
Education
Jun 22, 2026
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Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals, and undermining trust in science
A photograph of Earth glowing in deep space, the moon's cratered horizon stretching across its foreground, caught many people's eyes in April 2026. Astronauts captured the image while aboard NASA's Artemis II mission, and ...
Education
Jun 22, 2026
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'Too pretty to do math'? Here's the real reason girls aren't choosing to study math
The T-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for "everyday wear." Across the front, it declares in italic script, "I'm too pretty to do math."
Education
Jun 22, 2026
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Digital know-how, not just money basics, may ease retirement anxiety
A Hiroshima University-led study conducted with Rakuten Securities finds that practical digital skills, positive financial attitudes and self-protection are more consistently associated with lower old-age anxiety than traditional ...
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2026
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Men make up less than 18% of Australian primary school teachers. Is this a problem?
This week, a group of Australian primary school principals called for more male primary school teachers, saying boys needed more "male role models."
Education
Jun 19, 2026
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Drivers of academic misconduct by professors and research students revealed
Ensuring the research that we all rely on—whether for our health, environment or economy—is trustworthy is important for universities, governments and business. Unfortunately, academic misconduct is a growing concern, with ...
Education
Jun 18, 2026
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Early-career scientists build national infrastructure to bridge science and policy
A new Special Report in the journal BioScience introduces the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP), a student-led, nonpartisan, grassroots coalition founded in 2025 to empower early-career researchers to engage with ...
Economics & Business
Jun 18, 2026
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The best math lesson for children might be happening at your kitchen table, shows study
In the minds of many people, math lives in the classroom—on blackboards, in textbooks, and in tests. New research from Amber Simpson, associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership ...
Education
Jun 17, 2026
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'Alexa, tell me a joke': How talking to AI impacts young children's development
Children are innately curious, and throughout any given day they come up with all manner of questions: Why don't fish have hair? Why do flowers wilt so quickly? Their need to understand the world—and develop their language ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2026
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New national publication gives teachers guidance on AI in the classroom
With artificial intelligence tools available on every phone, laptop and tablet, higher education has struggled to implement consistent recommendations for how and when AI can be used. A new national guide seeks to change ...
Education
Jun 16, 2026
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Public school closings in Chicago linked to more gun violence in nearby neighborhoods
In 2013, Chicago Public Schools closed 49 elementary schools—the largest mass public school closure in U.S. history at the time. A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2026
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Four ways kindergarten lays the foundation for lifelong learning
It's the time of year when parents are thinking of registering their children for kindergarten in September—a much-anticipated moment in the lives of many parents and their young ones.
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2026
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New research suggests writing with AI demands more thought from students, not less
Writing with AI can look deceptively simple. Effortless, even. Type in a prompt and a polished paragraph appears in seconds. Tidy, confident, clean. But that apparent ease is also deceiving, says Abram Anders, associate professor ...
Education
Jun 16, 2026
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