Report shows access to personal finance courses is expanding in U.S. high schoolsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d
12 states now guarantee Personal Finance courses before high school graduation Next Gen Personal Finance , the leading nonprofit provider of free financial education curriculum and professional development, has published its 2022 State of Financial Education Report in collaboration with Dr. Carly Urban of Montana State University . The analysis of over 11,000 high school course catalogs shows tha
Mental health of college students is getting worseby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
The rate of mental health problems, including anxiety and depression, has steadily increased over the past eight years, with rates even higher among racial and ethnic minority students To say that college years are a time of great change is an understatement; whether you stay at or close to home, or move away to a four-year university, the post–high school years are often a time of new experience
School segregation: Contributor to racial/ethnic childhood obesity disparitiesby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
- Obesity gaps are larger between segregated schools and smaller in racially-integrated schools among child populations, according to a new study in Obesity , The Obesity Society’s (TOS) flagship journal. This is the first study to examine childhood obesity disparities specifically within integrated schools to begin to elucidate the role of school segregation in the racial/ethnic patterning of ob
Use of Supports Among College Students with Disabilities and Special Needsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
A new NCES report, Use of Supports among Students with Disabilities and Special Needs in College, investigates whether students informed colleges of their disabilities or special needs and who received accommodations and services for them. It also describes whether students used academic support services, sought help, or enrolled in remedial courses during college. The report finds— About a third
Racial preferences for under-represented minorities - admissions to Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hillby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d
Using detailed admissions data made public in the SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC cases, this study examines how racial preferences for under-represented minorities (URMs) affect their admissions to Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill. At Harvard, the admit rates for typical African American applicants are on average over four times larger than if they had been treated as white. For typical Hispanic appli
School Experiences with COVID-19: March 2022by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 8d
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) releases today the latest round of findings from the School Pulse Panel (SPP). These SPP data examine parental, staff, and student concerns for the 2021-2022 school year, the state of school food and nutrition programs, learning modes offered by schools, and COVID-19 mitigation strategies, including quarantine and masking. Findings include: Near
Girls excel in language arts early, which may explain the STEM gender gap in adultsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d
IMAGE: THE FINDINGS ARE BASED ON A LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN WHICH THE RESEARCHERS EXAMINED TIME PARENTS SPEND WITH THEIR CHILDREN FROM AGES THREE TO FIVE ALONGSIDE THE CHILDREN’S TEST SCORES WHEN THEY WERE AGES EIGHT TO 14. THE RESEARCHERS ALSO FIND MORE TIME PARENTS SPENT TEACHING TO CHILDREN FROM AGES THREE TO FIVE (UP TO THREE HOURS OR MORE A WEEK) CORRELATED WITH BETTER TEST SCORES WHEN THE CHIL
The Negative Effect of Specialization on Teaching Effectivenessby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 11d
Although the majority of elementary school teachers cover all major subjects in self-contained classrooms, a growing number of teachers specialize in teaching fewer subjects to higher numbers of students. The authors of this study use administrative data from Indiana to estimate the effect of teacher specialization on teacher and school effectiveness in elementary schools. They find that teacher
Returns to Different Postsecondary Investments: Institution Type, Academic Programs, and Credentialsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 18d
Early research on the returns to higher education treated the postsecondary system as a monolith. In reality, postsecondary education in the United States and around the world is highly differentiated, with a variety of options that differ by credential (associates degree, bachelor’s degree, diploma, certificate, graduate degree), the control of the institution (public, private not-for-profit, pr
Recommendations released to reduce sedentary time at schoolby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 24d
An international report with recommendations designed to counteract school-related sedentary behaviour in children and youth, exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, has been released by the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN), in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island and the CHEO Research Institute . The report, International School-Related Sedentary Behaviour Re
Math anxiety predicts the avoidance of effortful study strategiesby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 28d
Previous research suggests that math anxiety, or feelings of apprehension about math, leads individuals to engage in math avoidance behaviors that negatively impact their future math performance. However, much of the research on this topic explores global avoidance behaviors in situations where math can be avoided entirely rather than more localized avoidance behaviors that occur within a mathema
