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Educational Policy News
April 28, 2020

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Despite the time spent with smartphones and social media, young people today are just as socially skilled as those from the previous generation, a new ... read more

Brains of Girls and Boys Are Similar, Producing Equal Math Ability

New research comprehensively examined the brain development of young boys and girls. Their research shows no gender difference in brain function or math ... read more

Better Sleep Habits Lead to Better College Grades

Two professors have found a strong relationship between students' grades and how much sleep they're getting. What time students go to bed and the consistency of their sleep habits also make a big ... read more

Kids in Poor, Urban Schools Learn Just as Much as Others

Schools serving disadvantaged and minority children teach as much to their students as those serving more advantaged kids, according to a new nationwide US study. Test scores speak more to what ... read more
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Video Game Experience, Gender May Improve VR Learning

Students who used immersive virtual reality (VR) did not learn significantly better than those who used two more traditional forms of learning, but they vastly preferred the VR to computer-simulated ... read more

Teacher Evaluations Weed out Low-Performing Teachers in Urban Schools

New research finds that statewide K-12 teacher evaluation systems have proven to phase out lower performing teachers and retain more effective teachers for longer periods of time -- particularly in ... read more

Seductive Details Inhibit Learning

Information that is interesting but irrelevant, or 'seductive details', can be detrimental to learning, according to a meta-analysis of 58 studies. The analysis found that those who learned ... read more

Public Health Leaders Call for Coordinated Communication Response to COVID-19

Public health leaders have called for informed and active public policy leadership to employ strategically coordinated health communication and outreach on COVID-19 and other emerging global health ... read more

'Low' Socioeconomic Status Is the Biggest Barrier to STEM Participation

A new study has found that socioeconomic status (SES) has the strongest impact on whether secondary school students study the STEM ... read more

UK Special School Pupils 'Treated Differently', Following Removal of Standardized Assessments

Following the recent withdrawal of standardized assessments, children with intellectual disabilities at special schools in the UK are again being treated differently to children at mainstream ... read more

Want to Live Longer? Stay in School, Study Suggests

A multi-institution study has attempted to tease out the relative impact of two variables most often linked to life expectancy -- race and education -- by combing through data about 5,114 black and ... read more

Effectiveness of Travel Bans -- Readily Used During Infectious Disease Outbreaks -- Mostly Unknown

While travel bans are frequently used to stop the spread of an emerging infectious disease, a new study of published research found that the effectiveness of travel bans is mostly ... read more

Inquiry-Based Labs Give Physics Students Experimental Edge

New research shows that traditional physics labs, which strive to reinforce the concepts students learn in lecture courses, can actually have a negative impact on students. At the same time, ... read more

Researchers Identify Commonly Overlooked Key Attributes of Effective Leaders

Leadership experts looked at the underlying processes that contribute to leaders' decision-making and behavior: their ... read more

High School GPAs Are Stronger Predictors of College Graduation Than ACT Scores

Students' high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting college graduation, according to a new ... read more

Nearly All Middle School Teachers Are Highly Stressed

Researchers have found that 94% of middle school teachers experience high levels of stress, which could contribute to negative outcomes for students. Researchers say that reducing the burden of ... read more

Bilingual Language Program for Babies: Online Training for Teachers

A study shows that a bilingual language program for babies can reach more families, and instructors, through online training for ... read more

Poor Mental Health 'Both Cause and Effect' of School Exclusion

Children with mental health needs require urgent support from primary school onwards to avoid exclusion, which can be both cause and effect of poor mental health, new research ... read more

Prenatal Exposure to Flame Retardants Linked to Reading Problems

A new study suggests that prenatal exposure to flame retardants may increase the risk of reading ... read more

How Universities May Help Bridge Social Divide Between International, Domestic Students

Self-esteem is a valuable resource for undergraduate international students trying to socialize with their domestic counterparts at American universities, but new research suggests that while ... read more

Children Frequently Receive Unnecessary Medical Care Regardless of Insurance Type

Children with public insurance are slightly more likely to receive medical services that they don't need than those with private insurance, a new study ... read more

California's Stricter Vaccine Exemption Policy and Improved Vaccination Rates

California's elimination, in 2016, of non-medical vaccine exemptions from school entry requirements was associated with an estimated increase in vaccination coverage at state and county levels, ... read more

AI's Future Potential Hinges on Consensus

The role of artificial intelligence, or machine learning, will be pivotal as the industry wrestles with a gargantuan amount of data that could improve -- or muddle -- health and cost priorities, ... read more

Excessive Antibiotic Prescriptions for Children in Low-, Middle-Income Countries

Between 2007 and 2017, children in eight low- and middle-income countries received, on average, 25 antibiotic prescriptions from birth through age 5 -- up to five times higher than the already high ... read more

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