Education

Surpluses of high school social studies teachers were next door to severe shortages Elementary school teacher shortages were problems in Memphis and Nashville, but not in Knoxville Perceived staffing challenges from a 2019-20 survey of Tennessee school districts. (Source: Edwards et al (2024), “A Framework for Understanding and Predicting Vacancies.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.) […]

“The cellphones have to be removed from their persons, and they have to be stored somewhere away from that individual,” he said. “That’s going to take time. It’s going to take expense, and it’s going to take enforcement.” Bloomfield said some schools use technology-blocking software, but that raises questions about how students can use their

Ioakim Boutakidis, professor of child and adolescent studies at California State University, Fullerton, notes that the self-regulatory components of the brain aren’t integrated as quickly in boys as in girls, and “boys that have a harder time picking up on social cues are often the most aggressive because they misinterpret accidental gestures as malicious intent.” 

Teens’ focus is interrupted, on average, every 90 seconds. Something as simple as an audible notification can draw focus away from a task. And when humans are distracted, it takes 23 minutes to get back to that previous level of focus. In schools, that means that in a 55-minute class period, multiple distractions across the

It’s an experience she expects them to remember for the rest of their lives. “This is a story you’re gonna be able to tell,” she reflects before class. “You, as a second grader, you experienced this totality.” In a grassy area outside the school, Cummings’ eclipse simulation begins: Students take turns holding the inflatable globes,

To make playgrounds accessible and inclusive for children and adults with visual impairments, Unlimited Play has used high contrasting colors in their designs. Mackay also emphasized the importance of situating public playgrounds in an area that has visual and auditory landmarks and direct access to public transportation. Villarreal said that it is important for “typically”

We don’t have data for other private schools because they have refused to participate in NAEP testing, but the eighth grade math declines among both high-achieving public school and Catholic school students are not good signs. NAEP tests reading and math in both fourth and eighth grades every two years in order to track educational

“I’m actually not that confident,” said Isabella. “I feel like I’ll like fall for really stupid things and I’ll be like, ‘Oh, how did I not know this is not real?’” Navigating exaggeration, spin and outright lies Since its founding in 2019, MisInfo Day has grown into one of the nation’s best known media literacy

People aged 60 and older in the U.S. reported high levels of well-being compared to younger people. In fact, the United States ranks in the top 10 countries for happiness in this age group. Conversely, there’s a decline in happiness among younger adolescents and young adults in the U.S. “The report finds there’s a dramatic

During that time, students were left to navigate a confusing array of options, including whether they should just sit tight and wait for a fix, or try a partial workaround that could put them at a higher risk of making a mistake on their application or would require them to come back and fill out