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Scholars examine how state laws that restrict lessons on race could affect students and educators.
Could a 10-minute meeting between teachers and principals reduce teacher turnover? A researcher explores the possibilities.
Open-plan classrooms can be very noisy. And this is bad for all students, especially those with hearing or learning difficulties.
Children who move schools often can struggle. But so too can those who stay put while others come and go. More attention needs to be paid to these often-forgotten victims of school transience.
When students are allowed to bring personal items for show and tell, it can build their senses of self-worth, belonging and control. But poor kids often don’t get that opportunity.
Air-ventilation upgrades have been badly needed in U.S. classrooms since long before the pandemic. Low-tech filtration systems that cost about the same as a textbook per student can make a big difference.
Experiments in college classrooms show how tiny respiratory droplets known as aerosols can spread, even with good ventilation. The risk isn’t the same in every seat.
The need for social distancing due to coronavirus means now is the time for schools across the world to embrace outdoor learning.
But there is an answer.
Weaker students – when placed together with better classmates – can gain from the improved learning environment, and smarter students are unlikely to be negatively affected.
Despite a boom in the construction of trendy buildings and classrooms, the evidence for their link to boosting learning outcomes is limited.
Digital textbooks might be less cumbersome. But a new series of studies finds that reading from screens can hamper our ability to process and retain information.
Schools should carefully consider the messages that are sent by how they have constructed the learning environment.
Pressure on schools to make rapid improvements discourages deeper thinking about long-term solutions. Education can learn a lot from “slow” movements.
Writing is a fundamental outcome indicator of learning across subjects and grades. The latest NAPLAN results tell us we need to do more to empower children with these skills.
Textbooks in sufficient quantities are effective in improving the quality of education but in Africa language poses a problem to how pupils interact with the material they are taught.
Why we need more physical activity in the classroom.
A study with pre-school children found that their motivation and interest improved when they believed they were part of a group.
Listen up new teachers, here’s what you need to know before you hit the classroom.
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer of History, Sam Houston State University
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Assistant Professor of Education, University of California, Riverside
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Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Penn State
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Professor of History, Sam Houston State University
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Educational Psychology and Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement, The Ohio State University
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Lecturer in International Education, University of Bath
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Director, First Year Learning Initiative at University College and Professor of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
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Professor of Higher Education, University of South Carolina
