Articles tagged with education

A Western mother sending her children to public school in Shanghai comes down firmly on both sides of the debate about author Amy Chua and Tiger Moms.

Does the Tiger Mother get it right? While some view Asian-Americans as pushy, stressing their children into exceptional achievement, research doesn’t bear out that stereotype.

Concrete concerns about saving and expanding slavery, and not the nebulous theology of states’ rights, ignited the U.S. Civil War. Why does that message keep getting lost?

Better-educated police officers resort less often to using force, research shows.

A researcher finds focusing on humans rather than animals helps students grasp some of the fundamental concepts of evolutionary theory.

The minority education gap, if not addressed, will have a huge impact on the U.S. economy in the future as good-paying jobs increasingly require college degrees.

It may seem unlikely, but new research says that increased TV watching alone isn’t likely to harm children’s thinking or schooling.

How do you get kids to do their homework? Help them shape a positive but realistic image of themselves as successful adults.

Will your child finish college? The answer may be as close as your bookshelves, or lack thereof.

While being involved in your children’s lives and studies is intuitively (and statistically) smart, some techniques are better than others.

Without instituting a fifth-period forestry class, federal officials want school kids to get outside and observe what’s there.

A coalition of major public universities has promised to halve the minority achievement gap in enrollment and graduation — and they set a deadline.

The 1 in 20 truly wretched schools in America need interventions, but the ‘turnaround’ effort has yet to prove itself the answer.

Highly math-anxious female teachers may lead girls to conform to the stereotype that, when it comes to math, they just can’t compete with the boys.

Challenging tests and falling short may be hard on the ego, but they can do more than mere studying for eventually getting it right.

As arts education is pushed further to the margins by the current emphasis on standardized testing, a tool for nurturing children’s social and emotional development is being lost.

As the legion of home-schoolers rapidly grows, sensible government oversight seems to be a reasonable option — or it’ll invite a firestorm of opposition.

Writing words by hand is a technology that’s just too slow for our times, and our minds.

A sociologist and an economist look at collegiate grade inflation and find a bogeyman that doesn’t frighten them at all.

A little self-awareness, and a lot of illustration, breathes some life into the justifiably maligned segment of entertainment education.

How to get to Sesame Street? Take Wonk Way and turn left on Research Road.

You don’t always need a standardized test to know a school is in trouble. Just look in the boys’ john.

Giving people basic facts changes their opinions on major schools issues — which may dismay those seeking more school funding.

Tom Price is blogging for Miller-McCune.com from the 3rd annual Conference on Understanding Interventions That Broaden Participation in Research Careers.

Tom Price is blogging for Miller-McCune.com from the 3rd annual Conference on Understanding Interventions That Broaden Participation in Research Careers.

Researchers from the University of Miami show that well-groomed high school students have higher grade point averages than their slovenly classmates.

Amid the destruction wrought by the global financial crisis, should American colleges and universities be seeking a bailout plan of their own?

The Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice at Stanford University just released a study on the effects of the California High School Exit Exam on graduation rates. About half of 50 U.S. states require students to take a similar test at the end of high school in order to graduate.

Julie Cajune leads a groundbreaking Montana initiative to compile American-Indian history and include it in public education.

As arts and music programs get squeezed out of America’s cash-strapped schools, evidence continues to accumulate of the wide-reaching positive effects of such training.

Amid the hand-wringing over the parlous state of U.S. education, experts suggest that successes demonstrate that lasting reform will require constellations of effort, not just stars.

The best of Miller-McCune magazine’s first year of publication, as chosen by Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin.

Gritty Hammond, Ind., and 80 other cities in decline have a novel approach to economic development: They’re attracting new residents by offering to pay for their children to attend college. But is a promise to pay tuition a growth strategy — or welfare for the middle class?

Social stigmas against math force youths to hide or neglect skills.

Rebuffed in the courtroom, critics of evolution head to the statehouse to see their views represented in the classroom.

States’ kindergarten policies continue to diverge, despite years of research revealing the academic benefits of full-day kindergarten.

Students who were taught that free will is an illusion were more likely to cheat on tests, according to new research.

The GED may not be worth as much as governments, the military and employers might suggest, but new research shows it may promote better health.

Mr. Rogers was right: Neighborhoods play an important role in a child’s development.