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fromNature
1 month agoHow I turned online misogyny about my PhD into momentum for my career
A female PhD graduate faced severe online misogyny after celebrating her degree, revealing that women academics are uniquely targeted for sharing professional accomplishments regardless of their field.
Education
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 months agoEnglish learners still behind in Berkeley schools despite some gains
English learners, particularly long-term multilingual students, lag substantially in English proficiency, math performance, and college readiness despite improvements among Latino students.
fromCbsnews
6 months agoHow one principal used debate to turn a failing middle school around
At Middle School 50 in Brooklyn, New York, principal Benjamin Honoroff and his students are pumped to start the day - a dramatic transformation from when he came in a decade ago. "We were on a list of persistently dangerous schools, and there'd been some pretty drastic enrollment decline from over a thousand students to 160 students," Honoroff said. But the former high school debate coach had an idea. He took a chance and integrated into every class, across all grade levels.
Education
fromPsychology Today
7 months agoIs This the End of the Growth Mindset Theory?
The basic idea behind this is that students can have either a "fixed mindset" about their abilities (thinking they are born with a certain level of intelligence which cannot be changed over the course of their life) or a "growth mindset" (thinking their intelligence can be improved by hard work). It is assumed that having a growth mindset has a positive effect on academic achievement.
Education
Education
fromPsychology Today
1 year agoFrom the Classroom to Life
Academic achievement enhances decision-making skills in social interactions.
Peer interaction facilitates strategy adoption for lower-performing students.
Understanding the interplay of academics and social skills is vital for intervention design.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 year agoTeenagers who sleep longer and earlier are likely to do better at tests, study finds
Regularly getting a good night's sleep is important in helping us function properly, but while we know a lot about sleep in adulthood and later life, we know surprisingly little about sleep in adolescence.
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