In the remains of her classroom, 16-year-old Khrystyna Ignatova visits her desk in the Chernihiv School #21, in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
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The war in Ukraine affects everyone – including teachers and students, who are meeting the challenges with their people’s famed determination.
Students of color have long needed more from schools than is typically provided.
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A scholar explains why schools can’t focus only on closing pandemic-related learning gaps.
For over a century, IQ tests have been used to measure intelligence. But can it really be measured?
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The legitimacy of the IQ test is still hotly debated.
Going up.
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Research finds genes account for 50% of differences in social mobility.
Children taking part in a philosophical discussion at Buranda State School in Brisbane.
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Teaching philosophy for just one hour a week can improve children’s progress in writing, maths and reading.
You go girl.
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The first lady effect: inspirational.
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Picking over the government’s claims that missing class to go on holiday impacts on attainment.
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New research finds clubs can help close the education gap and improve children’s social skills.
A young girl from Kenya’s Pokot tribe weeps as she’s led away from her home by her future husband’s family.
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Education can be a powerful tool to stop the practice of child marriage. It empowers girls, and their success can ultimately boost their communities.
Too many students are struggling to make the grade.
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A new OECD report has put the spotlight on countries where teenagers struggle in maths, reading and science.
Strides ahead.
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Students who have traditionally struggled at GCSE are now outperforming their peers.
Not too soon.
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People who were born preterm earn less and are more likely to be unemployed, research shows.
Bad education.
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New research shows that children who develop bad behaviour towards the end of primary school, fall behind the most.
Real-life history lesson.
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Prosecutions of parents have increased – but is this really targeting persistent truants?
The Conservatives aren’t stopping their academies drive.
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The gap is growing between the best and worst chains of academies, according to new research.
How would Descartes approach this?
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Can you and should you stop free thought? Not in primary school.
Racing to keep up.
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Schools can learn from strategies used to help ethnic minority children to close gap for white working-class pupils.
Mastered it!
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Analysis of a maths teaching method popular in East Asia shows promise, but not enough to roll out nationally yet.
Teachers have different expectations for different children.
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New research has raised concerns that teachers are biased against certain pupils based on their gender, ethnic group or family income.
Put your mind to it.
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New research found that a programme aimed at changing pupils’ mindsets had no significant impact on their attainment.