A professor of counseling who researches homelessness offers tips so parents can make sure their child gets the school support and accommodations they are entitled to.
Feelings of isolation can affect academic outcomes.
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Federal, state and local efforts to help students recover learning they missed or lost during the pandemic are underway. But those projects don’t include the youngest students.
The term ‘neurodiversity’ comes from autistic communities and means that all brains and ‘bodyminds’ work in diverse ways.
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Language used to speak about disability changes over time, and preferences shift due to advocacy and allyship, legal proceedings and empirical research.
When students are in school consistently, they learn more, do better and are more likely to graduate from high school.
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The numbers of students missing 15 days or more of school in a given year is on the rise in the US. Evidence shows certain approaches can get kids back in school and help them stay in class.
Failure to complete homework leaves students in the lurch.
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Not all students have access to the same level of parental help at home. So why are they judged as if they do? Two scholars probe how educators view students who fail to complete their homework.
Could schools be putting a damper on children’s curiosity?
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A philosophy professor looks at the learning styles of different creatures to gain insight into curiosity among human beings.
Psychologists aren’t sure which factors drive students to form specific academic identities, but these identities can affect career choices.
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Students with disabilities do better when they remain in general education classes, but systemic bias often leads them to be placed in separate classrooms, a special education researcher writes.
The Minneapolis public school system helped to musically educate artists like Prince, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
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Music education in Minneapolis public schools stood out as one of the best and gave rise to the city’s music scene that helped propel Prince to fame, a scholar writes.
School funding inequities persist along racial and economic lines.
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Interviews and surveys with hundreds of teachers and school administrators reveal the effect of persistent staffing shortages on school personnel – and on students.