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The effective teaching of news literacy needs to go beyond simple fact-checking, a journalism professor argues.
Faced with uncertainty over their next meal, teens in a Texas study reveal the various things they resort to in order to put food on the family table.
Most states have changed their rules in recent years to let computer science count as a required high school math or science class. A physics professor explains how that trend could set students back.
Students who get admitted to Connecticut’s career and technical education high schools are more likely to graduate and earn significantly more than peers who barely missed the cut.
Music doesn’t get objectively worse over time. So why do older generations scoff at each new top 40 hit?
New York City could be on the verge of dismantling gifted programs at its elementary and middle schools. Taking that step could make things even worse for some of the children it aims to help.
Many college students take math classes they’ve already taken in high school. Why does this happen? Is it a problem?
How much homework kids should do is a subject of great debate.
A scholar’s efforts to learn how textbooks in New Jersey were portraying the Holocaust leads her to testify against a history teacher who taught his students to question if the Holocaust took place.
US schools now collect detailed data on their students. But teachers and parents need to think carefully about how that data is used – and what it shows, or doesn’t show, about a student.
More schools are deciding to scrap the tradition of naming a valedictorian – just as students from diverse backgrounds are becoming the first of their background to win the honor.
‘The Life of Washington’ was painted in the 1930s by an artist who sought to upend a rosy narrative of US history. Now some are saying its images ‘traumatize’ viewers – and ought to be taken down.
Tutoring is a billion-dollar industry. A former tutor explains what to look for in a tutor for your child and urges parents to consider free options before they open up their pocketbooks.
Media coverage of the Columbine school shooting that took place in 1999 has ended up becoming a playbook for school shooters in the United States and beyond, an analysis of school shootings reveals.
Teen survivors of school shootings face unique complications and challenges. In the wake of two suicides by teen survivors of the shootings in Parkland, Fla, a child psychiatrist exlpains.
In the late 1970s, 52 percent of 12th-graders hung out with their friends almost every day. By 2017, only 28 percent were doing so.
Public schools were originally envisioned in the 19th century as ‘common schools’ where rich and poor kids could be educated together. MLK wanted the same thing – but it’s not happening.
Navigating friendships as a teen can be hard. Parents can help by modelling good behaviour and making sure their teen feels they can talk to them about their friendships.
High school girls who are more confident in their math abilities are more likely to pursue math in college and beyond.
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Professor of Education & Policy, Boston College
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Professor, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor in Workforce Development and Education at The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University
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Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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