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New study shows transcendental meditation reduces emotional stress and improves academics

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN EDUCATION Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL IMAGE: DURING A FOUR-MONTH PERIOD, STUDENTS PRACTICING THE TM TECHNIQUE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN MEASURES OF EMOTIONAL HEALTH AS COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO ENGAGED IN SUSTAINED SILENT READING. view more CREDIT: CWAE Students who participated in a meditation-based Quiet Time program utilizing the Transce

Emotion, cooperation and locomotion crucial from an early age

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 8d

Researchers at the UNIGE have found that emotion knowledge, cooperative social behavior and locomotor activity are three key skills for promoting numerical learning in children aged 3 to 6 UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL IMAGE: CONTENT OF ITEM 1 OF THE SECOND PART OF THE EMOTION AWARENESS TASK. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: LEFT: THIS BOY HAS JUST RECEIVED A PRESENT FOR H

Transforming Public Education: A Green New Deal for K-12 Public Schools

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d

Complete Report Public education in the United States has reached a critical point. Over the last 20 years, polling has shown that Americans are divided when it comes to their satisfaction with the K–12 public school system. There is a clear need for American schools to offer a broader portfolio of educational opportunities to students, to equip them for a full range of possible futures. Beyond q

Does Florida Versus Kentucky Prove School Choice Improves Public School Performance?

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d

A recent report from Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions claims, with little supporting evidence, that trends from the 1990s to 2019 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that choice programs catalyze significant educational improvement. Sam Abrams and Steven Koutsavlis of Teachers College, Columbia University, reviewed Florida Versus Kentucky: Scho

Study finds "thriving gap" between students who attend high school remotely vs. in person

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d

Data from the pandemic show high school students studying remotely suffered socially, emotionally, and academically AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION Research News New research finds that high school students who attended school remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered socially, emotionally, and academically compared with those who attended in person. The study was published today i

New Report Released on Crime and Safety in Schools and College Campuses

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d

Overall, crime and safety issues have become less prevalent in the nation’s schools and college campuses throughout the last decade. Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2020 , jointly produced by the National Center for Education Statistics at IES and the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice, highlights new data on victimization, bullying, school conditions,

Recess quality influences student behavior, social-emotional development

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d

Recess quality, not just the amount of time spent away from the classroom, plays a major role in whether children experience the full physical, mental and social-emotional benefits of recess, a new study from Oregon State University found. "Not all recess is created equal," said William Massey, study author and an assistant professor in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences. With scho

The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 12d

This paper monetizes the life-cycle intragenerational and intergenerational benefits of the Perry Preschool Project, a pioneering high-quality early childhood education program implemented before Head Start that targeted disadvantaged African-Americans and was evaluated by a randomized trial. It has the longest follow-up of any experimentally evaluated early childhood education program. The autho

Education Research Report Recent Reports

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 13d

22 hours ago School based mindfulness training helps kids sleep better At-risk children gained more than an hour of sleep per night after participating in a mindfulness curriculum at their elementary schools, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine found. The research will be published online July 6 in the *Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine*. The study is the first to use polysomn

School based mindfulness training helps kids sleep better

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 14d

PRINT E-MAIL At-risk children gained more than an hour of sleep per night after participating in a mindfulness curriculum at their elementary schools, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine found. The research will be published online July 6 in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine . The study is the first to use polysomnography techniques, which measure brain activity, to asses

Autistic children can benefit from attention training

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 14d

Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL Attention training in young people with autism can lead to significant improvements in academic performance, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK along with institutions in São Paolo, in Brazil, tested a computer programme designed to train basic attention skills among a group of autistic children aged between eight and 1

For many students, double-dose algebra leads to college attainment

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 14d

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY Research News SHARE PRINT E-MAIL IMAGE: TAKAKO NOMI, PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AT SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY. view more CREDIT: SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY ST. LOUIS -- In the United States, low-income and minority students are completing college at low rates compared to higher-income and majority peers -- a detriment to reducing economic inequality. Double-d

Regular monitoring may be only way to prevent large COVID-19 outbreaks in schools

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 14d

A new study examines factors that underlie COVID-19 outbreaks in schools and suggests that large outbreaks can only be prevented with regular monitoring of everyone in the school setting. Paul Tupper and Caroline Colijn

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