Education

Diversifying the science, technology, engineering and math fields has long been a top priority of many universities and tech companies. It’s also a goal of the National Science Foundation, the biggest funder of university-led research […]

New research from Georgia State University’s Georgia Policy Labs (GPL) finds positive effects on student learning from an online-learning platform used for pandemic recovery.This post was originally published on this site

Ensuring d/Deaf children become bilingual in sign language and English should be a key priority for policymakers and teachers because this plays an important role in their education, a new study says.This post was originally […]

Alarm bells. Red flags. A labyrinth.This post was originally published on this site

For decades, white students have performed significantly better than Black and Hispanic students on tests of academic achievement. Explanations for these achievement gaps include poverty and systems that result in discrimination. Others cite struggles to […]

It is vital that children are motivated and engaged by the way they are taught at school, and that teachers use methods that help them learn in the most effective ways.This post was originally published […]

In Jeff Simon’s math class at Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad, California, students are not only allowed but encouraged to use AI.This post was originally published on this site

Book bans in U.S. schools and libraries during the 2021-22 school year disproportionately targeted children’s books written by people of color—especially women of color—according to a peer-reviewed study we published. They also tended to feature […]

As student absenteeism reaches record highs in schools across the United States, new research finds that student absences are linked to lower teacher job satisfaction, raising concerns that this may exacerbate growing teacher shortages. The […]