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UrduSchools serving disadvantaged and minority children teach as much to their students as those serving more advantaged kids, according to a new nationwide study.
Tag: Education
School spending cuts triggered by great recession linked to sizable learning losses for learning losses for students in hardest hit areas
Districts with the most low-income and african american students most affected
$300,000 NIH award to boost STEM proficiency through augmented reality gameplay
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Explore Interactive, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, has received a $300,000 Phase I SBIR award from the National Institutes of Health for its augmented reality platform to help students learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).…
CACTUS ties up with Scholarcy to speed up the scholarly communication process
Cactus Communications, a leading global scholarly, medical communication and technology solution company is proud to announce a partnership with Scholarcy. This partnership will explore ways to speed up the scholarly communication process for researchers. Scholarcy’s mission is to help researchers…
Evolution of learning is key to better artificial intelligence
Researchers at Michigan State University say that true, human-level intelligence remains a long way off, but their new paper published in The American Naturalist explores how computers could begin to evolve learning in the same way as natural organisms did – with implications for many fields, including artificial intelligence.
Diagnostic radiologists with lifetime ABR certificates less likely to participate in MOC
American Journal of Roentgenology research determines lifetime-certified diagnostic radiologists whose Maintenance of Certification was not mandated by the American Board of Radiology were far less likely to participate in MOC programs
Decoding how kids get into hacking
New research from Michigan State University is the first to identify characteristics and gender-specific behaviors in kids that could lead kids to become juvenile hackers.
Why Americans Don’t Fully Trust Many Who Hold Positions of Power
The public gives high scores to military leaders, public school principals and police officers on empathy, transparency and ethics, yet they rate members of Congress and leaders of technology companies lower, according to a new Pew Research Center report.
Is Western culture balancing on a tightrope between science and humanities?
New book Science on the Ropes asks why science has been dethroned from its prestigious position in Western culture and replaced by pseudoscientific conjecture and fake news
Pew funds six research teams to pursue scientific discoveries
PHILADELPHIA–The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the six pairs of researchers who will make up its 2019 class of Innovation Fund investigators. These investigators–alumni of Pew’s biomedical programs in the United States and Latin America–partner on interdisciplinary research to tackle…
Doris Luft Baker receives Fulbright to assess beginning readers in Chile
Associate Professor Doris Luft Baker, director of Simmons’ Master of Bilingual Education program, and co-director of the school’s Ph.D. program, has been selected for a Fulbright award to conduct research in Chile. She will set up a norming study to…
Weill Cornell Medicine eliminates medical education debt for all qualifying students
A transformative new scholarship program established by Weill Cornell Medicine will eliminate medical education debt for all students who qualify for financial aid, the institution announced today. A lead gift from The Starr Foundation, directed by Weill Cornell Medicine Overseer…
Does adrenaline give you superhero strength? (video)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2019 — You’ve probably heard stories about mothers lifting cars to save their babies trapped underneath — but are those just urban myths? This week on Reactions, we talk about “superhero strength” and the chemistry behind what’s…
African american bachelor’s degrees see growth, behind in physical sciences, engineering
Data looks at 15 fields in physical sciences, engineering over 10-year period
NSF awards two ‘convergence accelerator’ pilot grants to UNC Charlotte
Two faculty teams at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have received awards in phase 1 of the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator program, a major new research investment by the agency, designed to “accelerate use-inspired convergence research in…
Expert in operations receives Roger Martin Award for Emerging Leaders
Toronto – Sean Zhou, a professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, who is known for his research work in the areas of sustainable operations and inventory management, is the 2019 recipient of the Roger Martin Award for Emerging…
With $4 million grant, CSU and Front Range Community College team up for transfer students
Grant will support at least 150 students
American Pediatric Society announces APS Howland Visiting Professor Program winners
Two academic institutions were selected to host renowned neonatology leader Dr. David K. Stevenson,
Study: Adults’ actions, successes, failures, and words affect young children’s persistence
Children’s persistence in the face of challenges is key to learning and academic success. However, we know little about how parents and educators can help foster persistent behavior in children before they begin formal schooling. A new U.S. study looked…
Adolescents with high levels of physical activity perform better in school over two years
Adolescents with higher levels of physical activity performed better in school during transition from primary school to lower secondary school than their physically inactive peers, a new study from Finland shows. However, the researchers, from the University of Jyväskylä, found…
Five researchers recognized with 2019 Golden Goose Awards for scientific contributions with great so
Researchers to be honored at September 10 awards ceremony at Library of Congress
AIP Endowed Professor in History of Natural Sciences named at University of Maryland
Melinda Baldwin will join faculty starting in fall 2020
Gender equality report card reveals systematic underrepresentation of women in STEM
Four-year study of over 500 research institutions identifies widespread gender imbalance
Financial education programs, income-based repayment plans promote prosperity
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Young adults with student loans who participate in financial education programs become better financial managers who are able to build their personal wealth after college, researchers at the University of Illinois found in a recent study. Social…
Lessons in learning
Study shows students in ‘active learning’ classrooms learn more than they think
UTA study shows how consumers rely on price to determine quality of products
A study of price and perceived quality
Automated text analysis: The next frontier of marketing innovation
New from the Journal of Marketing
It is best not to fly to conferences
Several times a year, researchers from all over the world travel long distances in order to share their latest findings and establish contacts at conferences. Dr. Sebastian Jäckle from the Department of Political Science at the University of Freiburg advocates…
An examination of prosecutorial staff, budgets, caseloads and the need for change
We decided to examine the state of prosecutor funding and caseloads after recent local debates on the issue. Prosecutors contend they need more staff to ensure due process and increased diversion options and others are concerned that doing so would…
Racial disparity in Houston’s pretrial population
There has been no shortage of discourse surrounding racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system. In fact, the need to address these inequities have emerged as a central tenet of most viable criminal justice reform efforts. However, missing…
Minority students still underrepresented in medical schools
While numbers of black and Hispanic physicians have increased, Penn study shows the physician workfo
WSU study to examine health benefits of outdoor preschools
SEATTLE, Wash. – As preschoolers across the nation head into classroom buildings for the start of the school year, more than 300 Seattle area children enrolled in the Tiny Trees Preschool will get to spend their time learning outside–rain or…
Student body diversity goals & giving parents a say in where their child goes to school
INFORMS Journal Operations Research New Study Key Takeaways: A new algorithm achieves school diversity goals while allowing parents to still have a say in where their child attends. The only caveat with the model is there is no way to…
Building a storytelling app to support literacy amongst deaf children
Prototyping apps to promote literacy is the latest study in Elsevier’s Telematics and Informatics to
Modeling and measuring competencies in higher education
International conference “Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education — Validation and
Youth: Transgender people should use bathroom they’re most comfortable in
Transgender rights continue to be under threat in several states, but a new study reveals that young
Kent State researchers get NSF grant for extended reality technology in teacher training
Kent State Researchers Receive $1.48 Million NSF Grant for Extended Reality Technology in Teacher Training A trio of Kent State University researchers has landed a large federal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to apply a novel video technology…
PSU receives $19.3 million NIH grant to help underserved students become scientists
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded an additional $19.3 million grant to a successful Portland State University (PSU) program that helps students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds become top-level health sciences researchers. The program – Building Infrastructure Leading to…
Kent State researchers get NSF grant for extended reality technology in teacher training
Kent State Researchers Receive $1.48 Million NSF Grant for Extended Reality Technology in Teacher Training A trio of Kent State University researchers has landed a large federal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to apply a novel video technology…
PSU receives $19.3 million NIH grant to help underserved students become scientists
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded an additional $19.3 million grant to a successful Portland State University (PSU) program that helps students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds become top-level health sciences researchers. The program – Building Infrastructure Leading to…
New e-book highlights profound, diverse effects of nature on learning
URBANA, Ill. – Children are losing their connection to nature. It’s more than an unfortunate abstraction. Scientists say our increasingly indoor lifestyle negatively affects our health and well-being, not to mention our drive to protect the natural world. And it…
Family-school engagement has specific perks for young students
MU study highlights an incentive for families to stay engaged with school
Neurological brain markers might detect risk for psychotic disorders
Findings from MU study could help identify people at-risk
New e-book highlights profound, diverse effects of nature on learning
URBANA, Ill. – Children are losing their connection to nature. It’s more than an unfortunate abstraction. Scientists say our increasingly indoor lifestyle negatively affects our health and well-being, not to mention our drive to protect the natural world. And it…
Family-school engagement has specific perks for young students
MU study highlights an incentive for families to stay engaged with school
Neurological brain markers might detect risk for psychotic disorders
Findings from MU study could help identify people at-risk
NUST MISIS graduate creates biodegradable vegetable composite for a Dutch company
Natalia Kuznetsova, a graduate of a NUST MISIS master’s program “Technologies and Materials of Digital Fabrication”, has developed a new biodegradable composite material with nettle fiber as a filler. Chemelot Campus (Netherlands), one of the largest chemical clusters in Europe…
American Psychological Association conference on technology, mind and society
Presentations to focus on psychology of interactions between humans, technology
Deep transformations needed to achieve the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change call for deep transformations that require complementary actions by governments, civil society, science, and business. IIASA contributed to a new study outlining six major transformations that will be required…
Disability categories in education were redefined to exclude minorities, study shows
Educators, parents redefined terms to keep people out of most desirable special ed categories