Tag: K-12 education
Democratic candidates want to boost school funding – research shows that...
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
With few exceptions, the various Democratic plans for public education share a common theme: more funding, less privatizing.
Candidates...
How much of a difference does the number of kids in...
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University
Chicago’s teachers went on strike in October, suspending instruction for the city’s public school students for 11 days.
Educators in the...
Even when they aren’t fired for being pregnant or gay, teachers...
Kyle Greenwalt, Michigan State University
Pregnant teachers in classrooms are routine these days. But the law didn’t always protect expectant women in any workplace.
As part...
Keeping students safe is a growth industry struggling to fulfill its...
John S. Carlson, Michigan State University
In the 25 years I’ve spent working as a school psychologist and professor of school psychology, I’ve never seen...
Arrests of 6-year-olds shows the perils of putting police in primary...
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida
When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids...
Free preschool, longer school days and affordable day care help keep...
Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Liana C. Sayer, University of Maryland, and Stephanie Moller, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Women now account for half...
Parents can help kids catch up in reading with a 10-minute...
Kindel Turner Nash, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Because I conduct research about reading, parents often ask me the same question: “What can I do...
Should parents help their kids with homework?
Daniel Hamlin, University of Oklahoma
Schools across the country encourage parents to help their children with homework.
Parents are listening. Helping with homework is one of...
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...
