Tag: K-12 education
Computer science jobs pay well and are growing fast. Why are...
Tamara Pearson, Spelman College
When it comes to the digital divide, often the focus is on how lack of internet service and basic technology will...
Kids as young as 3 years old think YouTube is better...
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Pace University and Rebecca Dore, The Ohio State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
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Once a symbol of desegregation, Ruby Bridges’ school now reflects another...
Connie L. Schaffer, University of Nebraska Omaha; Martha Graham Viator, Rowan University, and Meg White, Stockton University
On Nov. 14, 1960, after a long summer...
Schools often fail to identify gifted and talented students – especially...
Marcia Gentry, Purdue University
About a decade ago, I was working with a large, urban school district on creating a gifted and talented program that...
Want to teach kids about nature? Insects can help
Akito Y. Kawahara, University of Florida and Megan Ennes, University of Florida
Insects are everywhere – in backyards, balconies and the park down the street.
In...
What makes a ‘good’ patriot? Donald Trump may be surprised by...
Stewart Clem, Aquinas Institute of Theology
When President Donald Trump talks about “patriots” – and he does, a lot – he probably doesn’t have in...
Teaching kids to read during the coronavirus pandemic: 5 questions answered
Keisha McIntosh Allen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Kindel Turner Nash, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Keisha McIntosh Allen and Kindel Turner Nash research...
Few US students ever repeat a grade but that could change...
Pamela Davis-Kean, University of Michigan
With in-person instruction becoming the exception rather than the norm, 54% of parents with school-age children expressed concern that their...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
