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Research reveals teenage truancy rates have risen in English-speaking countries since COVID-19
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Adulting, nerdiness and the importance of single-panel comics
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Be humble: Studies reveal how to increase perceived trustworthiness of scientists
Education
Philadelphia students have a new reading and writing curriculum. A literacy expert explains what's changing
Social Sciences
Campus diversity is becoming difficult to measure as students hide race and ethnicity on college applications
Education
Pilot study shows school mental health program with entertainment-style videos cuts stigma, boosts impact in Australia
Education
The new ecolinguistics: A vision for the future of language learning
Social Sciences
Student-free days may be tricky for parents, but they can be vital for teachers and schools
Social Sciences
The role of interculturalism in higher music education
Social Sciences
BAFTA-nominated actors five times more likely to have attended private school than UK population
Education
Sign language plays key role in d/Deaf children's education, study shows
Social Sciences
There's a class gap in access to careers in the arts—innovative skills education could help, say researchers
Education
Online platform found to accelerate student learning in pandemic's wake
Education
Poor teacher training partly to blame for stalled engineering diversity goals
Education
AI is everywhere: How should schools handle it? Teachers' different approaches show its potential—and limits
Education
Why England's new curriculum should involve as much hands-on learning as possible
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Mothers, metaphors and dyslexia: What language reveals about the challenges of a child's learning disability
Economics & Business
Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in elementary school
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Child-centered research shows how schools can provide support for domestic abuse situations
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Opinion: Online games should not be included in Australia's social media ban—they are crucial for kids' social lives

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Submarine canyon plastic accumulation is driven by turbidity currents, simulation study shows
Optics & Photonics
Twisted light gives electrons a spinning kick: Researchers develop a novel way to control quantum interactions
Cell & Microbiology
Better health diagnostics through genetically engineered embedded sentinel cells
Astronomy
Observations detect the lowest mass ratio contact binary to date
Earth Sciences
Unexplained heat-wave 'hotspots' are popping up across the globe
General Physics
Benchmarking the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
Astronomy
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA's NEOWISE
Astronomy
Astronomers discover a 'hot Neptune' in a tight orbit
Astronomy
Bandwidth measurements show how pulsar signals distort as they move through space
General Physics
Quantum mechanism identified as a key to accelerating ocean temperatures
Analytical Chemistry
Cobalt ions, not covalent organic frameworks themselves, drive catalytic activity, study finds
Social Sciences
Aesthetics study examines music's influence on experience of art
Plants & Animals
Great apes visually track subject-object relationships like humans do, research reveals
Evolution
Fruit fly study offers new insights into sperm evolution
Biochemistry
Biochemical alert system makes quick health and environmental monitoring possible
Analytical Chemistry
From days to hours: A faster way to make a promising new catalyst
Plants & Animals
Scientists successfully use harmless viruses to investigate the nervous system in frogs
Polymers
Microwave-assisted synthesis route leads to record-breaking performance for CO₂ conversion
Mathematics
Can we avert the looming food crisis of climate change? Mathematical model reveals critical threshold
Condensed Matter
Scientists pioneer novel heat-to-electricity conversion in semimetal WSi₂

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Why boredom can be great for kids

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