Some researchers predict social robots will become common in K-12 classrooms.
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Social robots can be useful tools to help students learn about programming, but here’s why they won’t be replacing classroom teachers anytime soon.
Scenes from ‘The STEAM Plays,’ performed in Michigan schools.
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Is it a STEM education or a STEAM education? Integrating arts into science programming and vice versa can pique kids’ curiosity − a play touring Michigan aims to do just that.
A California couple sued two school board members who blocked them on Facebook after they made critical remarks.
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A law scholar examines a pair of Supreme Court cases that pit the public’s free speech rights against politicians’ rights.
Concerns about what is or isn’t legal can hinder objective lessons about religious studies in class.
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Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes its own approach.
About 58% of middle schoolers and 73% of high schoolers do not get enough sleep.
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Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones and the circadian rhythm could be to blame.
The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor saw civic education as foundational to democracy.
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The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor’s iCivics curriculum has been shown to boost knowledge of the political process.
Will AI play a bigger professional development role for schoolteachers?
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New research suggests artificial intelligence can make professional development programs more accessible and effective.
A change in policy means more Philly students are staying in school and out of the legal system.
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Drexel researchers evaluated a 2014 program implemented by Kevin Bethel when he was deputy police commissioner that led to fewer arrests of students in schools.
Teachers had more negative comments about Black boys than they did about other groups.
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Teachers use tougher language when describing the misbehavior of Black children, new research shows.
Courts have held that reciting the pledge in schools is constitutional.
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Does Louisiana’s requirement for public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ in all classrooms violate the doctrine of separation of church and state? A legal scholar weighs in.
Sci-fi books are popular choices.
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Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
Thousands upon thousands of STEM teacher jobs have gone unfilled in recent years.
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Year after year, public schools have come up short on STEM teachers. An education policy scholar pushes for a novel solution.
Many students attend high schools that don’t offer physics.
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A former physics teacher says America could lose its technological edge if it doesn’t do a better job of teaching quantum information science – starting in high school.
Billions of dollars are being spent on education research. Is it working?
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A veteran education researcher raises questions about whether educational research is actually being put to use.
Confidence is a critical component of hip-hop culture.
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The same boldness that enabled hip-hop to endure can benefit teachers in the classroom, a hip-hop scholar writes.
Enslaved Africans built landmarks like the White House, the U.S. Capitol and New York’s Wall Street.
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While a Florida curriculum implies that enslaved Africans ‘benefited’ from skills acquired through slavery, history shows they brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity.
Math problems take on new meaning in this class that combines rhymes and verse with math instruction.
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A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.
Research shows there is a lack of awareness among young people of the urban planning profession.
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A project to upgrade a high school playing field led to a book on how to inspire more young people to pursue careers as urban planners.
SB 266 aims to stop college professors from teaching about systemic racism.
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Tactics used to censor the teaching of American history in Florida schools bear much in common with those seen in the illiberal democracies of Israel, Turkey, Russia and Poland.
A dozen U.S. states still do not mandate sex education in schools.
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Twelve states do not require sex education of any kind.