Tag: Education
Schools are buying ‘growth mindset’ interventions despite scant evidence that they...
Brooke Macnamara, Case Western Reserve University
Ten years ago, after over two decades of research on this topic, Carol Dweck – the Stanford University developer...
Schools must equip students to navigate alt-right websites that push fake...
Jennifer Rich, Rowan University
More than 60 percent of America’s middle and high school students rely on alt-right internet sites as credible sources for their...
Genes and environment have equal influence in learning for rich and...
Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida
More than 40 years ago, psychologist Sandra Scarr put forth a provocative idea: that genetic influence on children’s cognitive abilities...
Culture of trust is key for school safety
Calvin Morrill, University of California, Berkeley and Michael Musheno, University of Oregon
When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming...
The hidden threat of teacher stress
Brandis M. Ansley, Georgia State University; Joel Meyers, Georgia State University; Kate McPhee, Georgia State University, and Kris Varjas, Georgia State University
When a traumatic...
DeVos speech shows contempt for the agency she heads
Mark Hlavacik, University of North Texas
When Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke at the American Enterprise Institute on Jan. 16, she began by emphasizing...
How talented kids from low-income families become America’s ‘Lost Einsteins’
Alexander Bell, Harvard University; John Van Reenen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Raj Chetty, Stanford University, and Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political...
What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos...
Claire Smrekar, Vanderbilt University
When Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and first lady Melania Trump visited Excel Academy Public Charter School last spring, DeVos praised the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
