A tiny fraction of schools in England—about three in every 500—have whole-school policies that address foreign languages, English usage, and integrating students who speak English as an additional language (EAL), new ...
Education
Jan 17, 2024
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While invasive alien species (IAS) represent a growing threat to global biodiversity and ecosystems, public awareness of them hasn't seen a significant increase. Many researchers believe informing people about IAS is an essential ...
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2023
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In the months leading up to his 2012 attack that killed 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut, a 20-year-old man exhibited a cascade of concerning behaviors. He experienced worsening anorexia, depression and obsessive-compulsive ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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Your child could go to gym class on Monday morning and play soccer on a field that was sprayed over the weekend with 2,4D, a toxic weedkiller that has been investigated as possibly causing cancer. Alternatively, the school ...
Environment
Mar 1, 2023
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Citizen science is touted as a way for the general public to contribute to producing new knowledge. But citizen science volunteers don't always represent a broad cross-section of society. Rather, they're often white, male, ...
Ecology
Nov 22, 2022
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Details of the orbits of 450 candidate exoplanet targets of the European Space Agency's Ariel space mission have been presented this week at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022, and submitted for publication in the ...
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2022
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Conflict is one of the main barriers to children's play during school recess. Research has found students experience an average of one conflict at recess every three minutes. My own research shows how well-designed school ...
Social Sciences
Jan 6, 2022
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Leaders across the country—particularly in the states with the largest outbreaks, New South Wales and Victoria—have designed road maps towards reopening the states after long lockdowns. Safety in childcare, schools and ...
Education
Oct 11, 2021
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New research finds that student exposure to violent crime in urban elementary schools is linked to higher transfer rates, with students ineligible for free- or reduced-price meals and students from safer neighborhoods more ...
Education
Nov 17, 2020
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Once children return to school for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic upended everything, they will most likely spend less time on school grounds. And as educational leaders decide how to schedule elementary school ...
Education
Jun 22, 2020
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