Tag: Elementary school
Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids...
Emily Midkiff, University of North Dakota
Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences...
Year-round school: Difference-maker or waste of time?
Daniel H. Robinson, University of Texas at Arlington and Nicole Miller, Mississippi State University
Contrary to how it sounds,...
Do elementary school students do better when taught by teachers of...
Paul L. Morgan, Penn State and Eric Hengyu Yu, Penn State
The Research Brief is a short take about...
Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from...
Emily Midkiff, University of North Dakota
While visiting an elementary school library in 2016 to count the fantasy books...
Worried about back-to-school inflation? Latest price data on backpacks, laptops and...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
As summer draws to a close, it is time for many to think about...
Disruptive kindergartners are likely to be bullied later in elementary school
Paul L. Morgan, Penn State
Kindergartners who act out, disrupt classrooms, get angry and argue with their teachers are...
Curious Kids: Is homework worthwhile?
Robert H. Tai, University of Virginia
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
How to teach and parent better in the age of big...
Katie Headrick Taylor, University of Washington
At the parent-teacher conference, I sat across the table from my first grader’s teacher in a chair made for...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
