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Living in substandard housing linked to kids’ missed schooling and poor grades

Children living in substandard housing in England miss 15 more school days and achieve worse test scores in English and math than their peers living in better quality housing, suggests research published online in the […]

Teenagers are preparing for the jobs of 25 years ago, and schools are missing the AI revolution

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The government has recently released its national youth strategy, which promises better career advice for young people in England. It’s sorely needed: for teenagers today, the future of work probably feels more like a moving […]

A, B, C or D: Grades might not say all that much about what students are actually learning

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Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted.This post was originally published on this site

A ‘positive school climate’ can adversely affect some victims of bullying and violence

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As concerns rise about the mental health of American adolescents, schools have worked to create an atmosphere where students feel physically, emotionally and socially safe, connected and respected.This post was originally published on this site

Community swimming program for Black youth boosts skills, sense of belonging, study finds

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Black youth in the United States disproportionately experience fatal drowning at rates up to five times higher than their white peers. These statistics relate to historical and structural barriers Black youth face in learning to […]

Refugee children: Right to education not guaranteed in many arrival centers

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Although all children have a right to education, many arrival centers for refugees offer little or no access to education, concludes a study by Johanna Funck (University of Bremen) and Markus Ciesielski (htw saar).This post […]

New research shows it’s never too late to help students learn to read—even in high school

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Learning to read is a complex process. It requires children to master and integrate multiple skills, from mapping abstract symbols to the right speech sounds to understanding what all the words mean. This is why […]

New York K–12 enrollment down, but charter, homeschool rates double in a decade

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New York state’s aging population isn’t only evident in more graying residents, but in a declining number of school children—down more than a quarter-million over the past decade, according to a new analysis by Cornell […]

Most peer reviewers now use AI, and publishing policy must keep pace

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A new whitepaper from Frontiers shows that AI has rapidly become part of everyday peer review, with 53% of reviewers now using AI tools. The findings in “Unlocking AI’s untapped potential: responsible innovation in research […]

The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

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In the Star Trek universe, the audience occasionally gets a glimpse inside schools on the planet Vulcan. Young children stand alone in pods surrounded by 360-degree digital screens. Adults wander among the pods but do […]

Self-esteem may predict who pursues leadership roles

A recent study has shown that self-esteem plays an important part in determining whether someone wishes to pursue a leadership role. The findings have implications for both organizational success and career development, underscoring, as they [...]
Why mid-career is such a dangerous time for burnout and workplace stress

Everyone recognizes the trope of the stressed-out senior manager who’s always close to breaking point. But, in fact, mid-career is one of the most vulnerable periods for burnout and stress in a worker’s life. At [...]
More banks mean higher costs for borrowers

When banks crowd a lending market, you can forget the traditional relationship of supply and demand, in which increased supply normally leads to lower prices. So finds new research from Cesare Fracassi, associate professor of [...]