EDUCATION
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Young, Employed — and Unhappy?
For decades, economists could rely on a comforting graph about happiness over a lifetime: It followed a U-shape, like a…
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Trump’s College Admissions Data Collection Strains School Administrators
After the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, the Trump administration suspected that colleges might covertly…
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The Risks of AI in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Says
Teachers reported that AI can also help improve students’ writing, so long as it is used to support students’ efforts…
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More Students Are Going to College. Affordability and Workforce Training Are Factors
“Confidence in college is coming back, but it is conditional,” says Courtney Brown, who studies public opinion on colleges for…
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To Boost Math, Schools Try Having Young Children Change Classes for the Subject
As schools contend with a decades-long slump in math scores — exacerbated by the pandemic — some are turning to…
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Gen Z Financial Literacy in The Digital Age With Lillian Zhang
I think that’s something that it’s really difficult for people to understand if they’re not growing up in Gen Z…
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Conservatives See Two-parent Households as a Solution to Student Achievement. It’s Not That Simple
I wanted to look at the relationship between family structure and student achievement by family income. Single-parent families are far…
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Words Matter: Teachers Who Use Math Vocabulary Help Students Do Better in Math
The finding aligns with a growing body of research suggesting that language plays a critical role in math learning. A…
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Teachers Are Using Software To See If Students Used AI. What Happens When It’s Wrong?
The teacher didn’t respond, and docked Ostovitz’s grade. Ostovitz’s mom, Stephanie Rizk, says her daughter is a high-achieving student who…
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A Look Back at the Early Years of AI in Schools with MIT’s TeachLab
Today we’ve got a special episode to share with you. It’s from our friends at Teach Lab, a podcast about…
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