How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?
Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful.
Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2024
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Are schools that feature strong test scores highly effective, or do they mostly enroll students who are already well-prepared for success? A study co-authored by MIT scholars concludes that widely disseminated school quality ...
Education
Mar 28, 2024
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Earlier this month, the New South Wales government announced it would roll out programs for gifted students in every public school in the state.
Education
Mar 28, 2024
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Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" playing in teacher Nancy Morris' classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2024
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A new study from the University of Kansas has analyzed the roles classroom interaction and parental support play in school connectedness, finding clearly communicated instruction in class and support from parents are closely ...
Social Sciences
Mar 27, 2024
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In 1894, Harvard University commissioned a report on grading standards, due to concerns that:
Education
Mar 26, 2024
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Mark Sarvary, Ph.D. '06, found that when life began returning to a "new normal" after three online semesters during the COVID pandemic, students' expectations regarding assignment flexibility had changed.
Education
Mar 25, 2024
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Research has often focused on how teachers and educators can best instruct and accommodate students with disabilities. However, are the methods used to teach students with disabilities effective and inclusive for all students? ...
Education
Mar 25, 2024
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April's total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft and telescopes—and cosmic chance.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 22, 2024
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The Los Angeles school district on Wednesday unveiled a much-awaited AI tool named "Ed" to serve as a new student adviser, programmed to tell its young users and their parents about grades, tests results and attendance—while ...
Education
Mar 21, 2024
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