As Public Transitional Kindergarten Thrives, Child Care Centers Are Closing

As transitional kindergarten increased, spots for 3- and 4-year-olds in public and private pre-K centers decreased The red line shows…

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How One City is Finding Badly Needed Early Educators — And Getting Them to Stay

What’s different for Aguilar compared to so many other people trying out this profession is that she is an apprentice…

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Why Hope is Fundamental to Achieving Goals and Combatting Cynicism

Wearing Snyder Adult Hope ScaleBryce and his team were able to measure path thinking, which helps people get from A…

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Why One Reading Expert Says ‘Just-right’ Books Are All Wrong

This may seem sensible, but Shanahan says it's not helping anyone and…

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If You Want Students to Learn, Don’t Tell Them ‘Pay Attention!’ Try This Instead

The more you know about a topic, the easier it will be…

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Does Having a Male Teacher Make a Difference? Not as Much as Some Think

Middle and high school students could see more benefits. Previous research is…

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How Outreach, Support and Interventions Helped Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Some States

Multiple data analysis have shown chronic absenteeism rates was shot during the…

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Deborah Farmer Kris: How Awe Helps Us Flourish

Episode Transcript Ki Sung: Welcome to the MindShift Podcast where we explore…

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Advocates Warn of Risks to Higher Ed Data if Education Department is Shuttered

"If that data is divided among multiple federal agencies," Cheng said, "there…

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As Teens Are Targeted by Online Gambling, What’s the Role of Loneliness and Schools?

"We avoid the discussion of myths versus facts," Rogers explained, because research…

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Public Workers Could Be Denied Loan Forgiveness if Cities Defy Trump, Lawsuit Alleges

The complaint stated that the rule is “an attempt to target organizations…

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Lockdown Drills Are a Fact of Life in U.S. Schools. What Does That Mean for Students?

The radio version of this story was edited by Adam Bearne. Transcription:…

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Is Performing Emotions Online Making It All Meaningless?

That sounds easy enough, but given the abundance of crisis managers and…

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Should AI Chatbots Help Students With Their Mental Health?

Alongside has big plans to break negative cycles before they turn clinical,…

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Should Joining Social Media Be Treated Like Getting A Driver’s License?

As an example, Twenge points to driving. Some children may feel ready…

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School Cellphone Bans Can Help Kids Learn — But Black Students Suspended at Higher Rates

The policy also had a worrying side effect. The cell phone bans…

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Some Social Emotional Lessons Improve How Kids do at School, Yale Study Finds

Cipriano also directs the Educational collaboration at Yale, whose mission is "to…

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Teaching Students To See Quality

by Terry Heick Quality: you know what it is, but you don't…

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