Free K-12 resources developed for teaching soil science
Through a contribution agreement with USDA-NRCS, the Soil Science Society of America has developed materials to enhance the teaching of soils in both formal and informal classrooms.
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Through a contribution agreement with USDA-NRCS, the Soil Science Society of America has developed materials to enhance the teaching of soils in both formal and informal classrooms.
Read moreThe latest issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest examines a promising yet loosely defined STEM instructional technique known as “active learning.”
Read moreA recent study finds that social inequality persists, regardless of educational achievement – particularly for men.
Read moreA virtual human can be as good as a flesh-and-blood one when it comes to helping people practice new leadership skills.
Read moreResearch into the use of virtual and mixed reality technologies for training suggests a wide range of applications
Read moreThe Lippincott® Nursing Education Speaker Series explores the issues nurse educators are facing today including the future of nursing education, integration of adaptive learning technology, assessment changes and preparing students for practice in a post-COVID-19 environment. The series is co-sponsored by the National League for Nursing.
Read moreThe Board of Trustees of the University of Rhode Island has announced the selection of Professor Marc B. Parlange, provost and senior vice president of Monash University in Australia, as URI’s 12th president. He will succeed David M. Dooley, who joined URI in July 2009 and has overseen the transformation of URI into a leading research institution with a growing recognition of programs of distinction. Parlange’s appointment is effective Aug. 1.
Read moreStudy: “Paying for Whose Performance? Teacher Incentive Pay and the Black-White Test Score Gap” Authors: Andrew J. Hill (Montana State
Read moreExcluding and hoarding access to college prep
Read moreEstimating the cost of FAFSA verification for public colleges and universities
Read moreExamining changes in application behaviors and student demographics under test-optional policies
Read moreStudy: “How Do Weighted Funding Formulas Affect Charter School Enrollments?” Author: Paul Bruno (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) This study
Read moreWhen Alicia Yancey started her first year at UC San Diego, she sought out spaces where Black students like her could thrive.
Read moreNew shared decision-making website for providers complements FAIR Health consumer website
Read moreJoint meeting of the Geological Society of America’s South-Central and North-Central Sections
Read moreReaders of Science family content will find it more integrated, discoverable, and visually compelling
Read moreThe teachers and schools serving our disadvantaged children are doing much better than we think they are, according to the author of the new book “How Schools Really Matter.”
Read moreThis spring, Stephen Ritz, award-winning educator and founder of Green Bronx Machine, will delight children in 3-K through second grade when he brings his acclaimed classroom – and a cast of newly-created characters – to public television’s “Let’s Learn” series.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 — Forever chemicals are known for being water-, heat- and oil-resistant, which makes them useful in
Read moreEconomists find Black students in integration completed less schooling
Read moreVideo games offer students obvious respite from the stresses of studies and, now, a study from a University of Ottawa medical student has found they could benefit surgical skills training.
Read moreThe Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation–continuing Mt. Sinai Medical Center’s century-old tradition of caring for Northeast Ohio–has expanded its commitment
Read moreUTokyo-MIT study measures brain activity while learning basic sounds, grammar rules of unfamiliar language
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Read moreUniversal high-quality preschool is achievable within the next 30 years if the federal government and state and local governments partner to share costs under a two-part plan proposed by the National Institute for Early Education (NIEER) at the Rutgers Graduate School for Education.
Read moreWhat The Study Did: In this decision analytical modelling study, researchers investigated the association of school reopening or closure with
Read moreThe University of Bath has become the first UK university to sign the Green Chemistry Commitment – a charter to
Read moreDuring the 2020-2021 fall semester, school districts around the United States navigated their reopening plans with little data on how SARS-CoV-2 spreads among children or how in-person learning would impact transmission in the schools’ communities. A new study in The Journal of School Health joins a growing body of evidence that, with appropriate measures, there are ways for schools to safely reopen.
Read moreIrvine, Calif., March 30, 2021 — The University of California, Irvine’s Ph.D. program in criminology, law & society placed second in the nation overall in U.S. News & World Report’s annual graduate school rankings – published online today – with 10 other fields of advanced study in the top 10 among public universities.
Read moreResearchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have developed a new framework for different factors influencing how a child’s brain is “wired” to learn to read before kindergarten.
Read moreThere is almost no relationship between formal educational attainment and job satisfaction, according to new Notre Dame research.
Read moreFeatured intervention is a new book program for babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Read moreHOUSTON – (March 30, 2021) – Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends
Read moreSince early in the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, teachers, and school administrators have faced difficult questions regarding when and how to
Read moreCritical race media literacy effective approach, schools should use to address difficult topics, scholars argue
Read moreA new $600,000 grant from Microsoft will be used to increase the number of scholarships available to mathematics and science teacher education candidates.
Read moreBullying at boarding schools has a negative impact on students’ emotional health, but for male students, having a school staff member to rely on for support may mute the harmful effects of bullying, according to a new University at Buffalo study. Support networks did not have the same effect for female students, the researchers say.
Read moreAttention all Green Bronx Machine fans! Even though growing season is still around the corner, our founder Stephen Ritz and other GBM leaders are literally “zooming” around the world, planting the seeds for better education and health outcomes. From the Middle East and Austin, Texas, to New York City and far-flung places in between, their mission is to educate everyone about the power of a plant to help young people achieve academic and personal success, improve community health and wellness, and address economic and food justice.
Read moreGroundbreaking research from the University of South Australia has delivered world-first national-level guidelines to better inform children’s physical activity and
Read moreThe free Entrepreneurial Development Network pilot program will provide support for diverse startup owners in Washington, D.C.
Read moreBoarding students may be at increased risk for bullying, stress, depression and anxiety
Read moreANN ARBOR–In a two-year study that could help guide educators developing the post-pandemic new normal, student groups at the University
Read moreSchools, teachers and parents nationwide are now grappling with how best to help students who might have fallen behind after
Read moreA study analyzing the distribution of school closures due to COVID concludes that racial minorities, students in need and with already poor academic performance have been more likely engaged in remote schooling since September 2020
Read moreImprovements in reading and listening skills of first-time Japanese language students observed via brain scan
Read moreTHE University of Huddersfield’s Professor of Childhood Studies Helen Lomax from the School of Education and Professional Development and Senior
Read moreDALLAS (SMU) – SMU’s Dominique Baker received the 2021 Early Career Award from the Association for Education Finance and Policy
Read moreBright but disadvantaged students from urban areas are more likely to enter elite UK universities than similar peers from rural communities due to an urban ‘escalator effect’, according to a new study.
Read moreReport reveals ‘astonishing’ shortage of information about how rapid advances in educational technology could help pupils with disabilities in low and middle-income countries
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