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Under the right circumstances, homework help from parents is helpful.
Schools in poorer areas can make a significant impact on their students’ lives. This can matter more, relative speaking, than higher test scores in wealthier suburbs.
Caregivers using privilege to buy their children’s way into, and through, education is not a Hollywood anomaly, nor the domain of elites. The middle class have been doing it in Australia for decades.
Students from the Philippines, China and India consistently achieve better results at school than their Australian-born counterparts. This is due to a number of factors, including parents’ values.
Recent research raised concerns about girls’ stereotypes on their gender’s lack of ‘brilliance.’ But an overlooked finding suggests boys also hold hindering stereotypes about themselves in school.
Children who aren’t ready for school tend to lag behind their peers in later grades. Parents and teachers can help.
About two out of seven children are likely bored in their classrooms, as they aren’t learning much that is new. Should these children skip grades? What’s the evidence on grade-skipping?
Kindergarteners are under tremendous pressure – doing as many as 15 academic activities in a day, with a shorter recess time. What is the long-term impact?
More than 15 million children live in homes that do not have enough food. However, the number of children taking advantage of free breakfast in schools is low. What can schools do?
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is replacing No Child Left Behind (NCLB). How much of an improvement is it over the earlier law?
Why does emotional learning matter for children?
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Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
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Professor of Public Policy, Education, and Economics and Director of the NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
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Administrator, Acceleration Institute and Research, University of Iowa
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Clinical Associate Professor of Special Education, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Clinical Professor of American and New England Studies, Boston University
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Professor of Developmental Psychology, Leuphana University
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University Professor of Pscyhology, George Mason University
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Assistant Director of Education and Social Policy, New York University
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Associate Professor of Educational Economics, New York University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and Psychology and 21st Century Chair, University of Arkansas
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University
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Professor of Education, University of Iowa
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Consultant, Australian Council for Educational Research
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Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education, The University of Texas at Austin