Mar. 13, 2024 Three peer-reviewed journals have recently published research papers by Penn State's Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative. The papers illustrate how the initiative's programs help K-12 ...
Mar. 11, 2024 A new study of how high school students respond to a program designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about race in school finds that the anti-racist intervention did not cause ...
Feb. 23, 2024 Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has ...
Feb. 7, 2024 A teacher's gender and comfort with technology factor into whether artificial intelligence is adopted in the classroom, as shown in a new ...
July 10, 2023 A common childhood injury has been shown to slash school completion rates, adding to evidence that found being hospitalized can have a long-lasting effect on young ...
July 7, 2023 Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last ...
July 5, 2023 Encouraging adolescents to feel capable and purposeful -- rather than just happy -- could improve their academic results as well as their mental health, according to new research which recommends ...
June 29, 2023 Children do better at maths when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has ...
June 15, 2023 Children who receive high-quality child care as babies, toddlers and preschoolers do better in science, technology, engineering and math through high school, and that link is stronger among children ...
Apr. 10, 2023 As teacher shortages continue to worsen across the United States, a new study gives insight into why so many stressed and burnt-out teachers are leaving the profession. The study found teachers who ...
Mar. 28, 2023 Sleep scientists' analyses show associations between early classes, less sleep, poor attendance and reduced grade point average. Studies in secondary and junior college students have shown that ...
Mar. 3, 2023 A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class equitably, especially in racially diverse schools. While the ...
Jan. 18, 2023 A new study demonstrates the benefits of music education to adolescent health and ...
Jan. 17, 2023 Strict-sounding teachers are worse at inspiring the classroom than their kind colleagues, research has revealed. A ground-breaking psychological study of hundreds of children showed 'controlling ...
Jan. 13, 2023 Participation in environmental education programs can motivate children across diverse language groups to act responsibly toward the environment, a recent study ...
Dec. 22, 2022 Men are less likely to seek careers in early education and some other fields traditionally associated with women because of male gender bias in those ...
Nov. 30, 2022 The unprecedented shutdown of classroom learning caused undue stress, low levels of social inclusion and low satisfaction with school for many -- and mental health issues for some, according to a new ...
Nov. 17, 2022 A study has found that although there were steep learning losses in reading for elementary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person learning opportunities helped some of those students ...
Nov. 15, 2022 If you've ever had the feeling that your elementary school kids were 'smarter' than you -- or at least capable of picking up new information and skills faster -- a new study suggests ...
Nov. 14, 2022 It doesn't take long for gaps to appear between children who participate in extracurricular activities and kids who don't, a new study ...