Education

It's exam season in Australia. Year 12 students are sitting final exams, while university and younger school students also face end-of-year assessments.... Read more

A new study of college students in India has shown that while internet access has become central to academic life, it has also opened the door to troubling forms of unethical or illegal behavior online, ranging from harassment and hacking to the misuse of institutional networks. The umbrella neologism for... Read more

The UK government's strategy for early years education in England aims to get children in reception "school-ready." But what school readiness means is debatable.... Read more

Feedback is one of the most important aspects of teacher education, but how exactly it works in practice remains underexplored. Most studies focus on how teachers deliver lessons, while little attention has been paid to how teacher educators provide feedback and how that feedback can shape reflection and professional growth.... Read more

The first ever psychological intervention to help prepare medical students for clinical placements saw significant improvements in resilience, confidence and mental well-being after taking part in a pilot online coaching program called Reboot.... Read more

The results are in—mentoring schoolgirls in STEM subjects in Year 9 can encourage greater interest in physics, chemistry, technology and higher math in senior secondary years.... Read more

New consensus-based recommendations on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) skills, instructional methods, and assessment strategies could help improve education and training nationwide, as detailed in a recent study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.... Read more

The University of Plymouth is launching a global initiative to make anatomy teaching more inclusive.... Read more

A State Board of Education resolution to spike new health education standards failed in a 5-2 evening vote along party lines, shutting down an effort by conservatives to halt certain subjects in sex education from being offered in Michigan classrooms.... Read more

As millions of student loan borrowers settle into the school year, many are stressed about how they'll pay for their degrees. These students may find that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the big tax and spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law over the summer, could limit... Read more

During the COVID-19 pandemic, over 500,000 K-12 students in Connecticut had to rapidly pivot to remote and hybrid learning. Now, after five years, schools have reestablished their regular rhythms, and it's easy to imagine that the pandemic's effects on learning have subsided along with social-distancing and mask mandates.... Read more

A cap on the number of international students at the five comprehensive Randstad universities will have a significantly negative impact on the Dutch economy. The gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to decline by approximately 4 to 5 billion euros. Regions, businesses, and society as a whole will feel the... Read more

The increasing pressure for teachers to obey school curriculum policies is "profoundly demotivating" and is leading directly to people leaving the profession, a new study warns.... Read more

Higher levels of screen time in early childhood are associated with lower scores in reading and mathematics on Ontario's standardized tests, with each additional hour of daily screen time associated with a 10% drop in the likelihood of achieving higher academic levels. Published in JAMA Network Open, the findings are... Read more

A new Journal of Marketing study sheds light on how family size drives differences in education spending. Conducted by researchers Phyllis Xue Wang (Renmin University of China), Ce Liang (City University of Hong Kong), and Qiyuan Wang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), the study explores how parenting goals and perfectionism shape... Read more