Exploring Local Experiences of the Campaign to Ban “Critical Race Theoryby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d
The report can be accessed online at https://idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/the-conflict-campaign Key findings: The anti “CRT” effort is a purposeful, nationally/state interconnected, and locally driven conflict campaign to block or restrict proactive teaching and professional development related to race, racism, bias, and many aspects of proactive diversity/equity/inclusion efforts in schools,
Starting physical activity three days post-concussion is safe, has better outcomes•by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
Resuming non-contact physical activity 72 hours after a concussion is safe, and may also reduce symptoms and the risk of delayed recovery, suggests the first and largest real-world, randomized clinical trial on the topic to be conducted with children and youth aged 10 to 18. Led by researchers at the CHEO Research Institute, the multi-site study was published by the British Journal of Sports Medi
Survey says youth need more education on adequate protection and enhanced safety when engaging in oral sexby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
Researchers assessed more than 900 youths’ knowledge of the risks of oral sex and barriers to using protection through the use of MyVoice, a national text message–based poll. Barriers to using protection when engaging in oral sex included a lack of knowledge of the risks, limited access to and dissatisfaction with protection methods, and cultural norms. Many respondents knew that some STIs can be
Measuring High School Students' Physical Activityby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d
The US youth physical activity guideline recommends participation in four types of physical activity. An analysis of 10,596 US high school students found that: 15.2% met the guideline for moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic activity. 50.7% met the muscle-strengthening guidelines. 70.6% met the vigorous-intensity aerobic guidelines. 80.7% met the bone-strengthening guidelines. In total, 11.2% o
Streaming video the key to developing scientific literacy for studentsby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d
An experiment conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough’s (UTSC) Advanced Learning Technologies Lab (ALT) is confirming the value of streaming video resources in enhancing student learning. The study finds video can clearly boost academic performance and in a form students wish to use and appreciate. One key early finding is that students with access to the video explanati
High School Chemistry and Physics Project-Based Learning Intervention Proves Effectiveby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d
Study Crafting Engaging Science Environments is a high school chemistry and physics project-based learning intervention that meets Next Generation Science Standards performance expectations. It was administered to a diverse group of over 4,000 students in a randomized control trial in California and Michigan. Results show that treatment students, on average, performed 0.20 standard deviations hig
Trials insufficiently faithful to the original research may mean effective education strategies never see light of dayby Jonathan Kantrowitz / 6d
New research raises concerns that promising new educational interventions are being 'unnecessarily scrapped' Promising new education interventions are potentially being ‘unnecessarily scrapped’ because trials to test their effectiveness may be insufficiently faithful to the original research, a study has warned. The cautionary note is being raised after researchers ran a large-scale computer simu
