Tag: Middle school
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,...
Kids missing school: Why it’s happening – and how to stop it
Joshua Childs, The University of Texas at Austin
Chronic absenteeism – defined as a student’s missing approximately 18 days...
#MeToo on TikTok: Teens use viral trend to speak out about...
Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky
A recent TikTok video that has been liked by almost half a million...
Why it’s good for kids to have friends from different socioeconomic...
Leah M. Lessard, University of Connecticut and Jaana Juvonen, University of California, Los Angeles
The Research Brief is a...
Like ‘Little Women,’ books by Zitkála-Šá and Taha Hussein are classics
Sheila Cordner, Boston University
I’m a scholar of literature who spends a lot of time thinking about why certain stories continue to be revisited, and...
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...
5 things to consider before you hire a tutor for your...
Surani Joshua, Arizona State University
Private tutoring is a growing business, with people spending hundreds of billions of dollars. But is it worth it? And...
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...
