Study suggests struggling students who repeat third grade see improved achievement
Third-grade retention can increase the reading and math scores of struggling students, with positive effects lasting into middle school, according to new research.
Third-grade retention can increase the reading and math scores of struggling students, with positive effects lasting into middle school, according to new research.
Education
Oct 12, 2023
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Medical students from marginalized groups are less likely to have sustained or cultivated career paths in surgery, Yale researchers report in a new study. The findings, they say, have implications for the diversity of the ...
Education
Aug 22, 2023
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Research shows that school suspensions do not deter but instead amplify future punishment, what has been termed labeling theory: the idea that the symbolic label that comes with a suspension shapes how others perceive students. ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2023
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The top 5 percent of teachers most likely to refer students to the principal's office for disciplinary action do so at such an outsized rate that they effectively double the racial gaps in such referrals, according to new ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2023
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About 85% of high school juniors want to go to college, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. But one in six think that's not a possibility for them.
Education
May 9, 2023
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U.S. elementary school students do not particularly benefit from being taught by teachers of the same race or ethnicity. That's the major finding from our new study, published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. We analyzed ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2023
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Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills occur far earlier in the U.S. than previously known. Our new study finds that 13% of white students and 16% of Asian students display advanced math skills ...
Mathematics
Nov 10, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused historic learning setbacks for America's children, sparing no state or region as it erased decades of academic progress and widened racial disparities, according to results of a national test ...
Education
Oct 24, 2022
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in two lawsuits on Oct. 31, 2022, brought by a group that opposes affirmative action in college admissions. Here, Natasha Warikoo, a sociology professor at Tufts University ...
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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Despite major COVID-19 disruptions, a survey study involving more than 8,300 students at 29 colleges and universities revealed that most maintained their trust in their institutions, at least in the early pandemic months.
Education
Sep 20, 2022
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