Education

(May 13, 2021) -- San Antonio had an above average youth employment rate, then the pandemic struck. Among the top 50 metro areas, San Antonio youth experienced the 8th largest drop in employment in the first year of the pandemic,…

How to counter viral misinformation and disinformation: Surveillance, diagnosis, responseCredit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2021 Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of science communication researchers…

Credit: Tufts University Tufts University has been selected to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of America's leading research universities noted for their accomplishments in education, research, and…

Keeping a daily gratitude journal for as little as two weeks can help keep students motivated for monthsCredit: Ritsumeikan University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan It is…

Higher education staff and students value the ideal university student as a hard-working and punctual person, but not necessarily a genius The 'ideal student' - valued by both learners and university staff - is a punctual, organized, hard…

The study focuses on students who change plans within the pipeline A new study by the University of Georgia revealed that more college students change majors within the STEM pipeline than leave the career path of science, technology,…

"We're meant to be crossing over ... but the bridge is broken": 2020 university graduates' experiences of the pandemic in Ireland A new study from Trinity College Dublin investigating the impact of the COVID pandemic on young adults…

Credit: UNIST On April 28, UNIST has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aramco Asia Korea Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of Saudi oil giant Aramco, and MIDAM Scholarship Foundation (MIDAM) to provide coding…

Credit: Mary Dussault / Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Cambridge, MA ¬- Despite years of effort, diversifying the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) remains a challenge. In fact, in…

Study finds high media use in kids from low-income families COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kindergartners from low-income families spent more than six hours a day in front of screens during two early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small Ohio study…

Credit: Washington State University For college students under pressure, a dog may be the best stress fighter around. Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students' thinking and planning…

Philadelphia (EMBARGOED UNTIL May 11, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST) -A new study published in The Lancet today showed that a policy establishing minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals in Queensland, Australia saved lives, prevented…

Young people with self-determination training could help shift focus to students' strengths LAWRENCE -- The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a new world of challenges for education. But a new study from the University of Kansas shows the…

Coding with Physics workshops train teachers to incorporate storytelling, supportive teamwork, productive failure and other video game techniques to engage teens in science. Watch a group of teens immersed in a popular video game such as…

Credit: University of Southampton A study by the University of Southampton has shown its LifeLab programme, aimed at improving adolescent health through hands-on learning, significantly increases young people's understanding of…

New study explores children's perception of their own wellbeing using artCredit: Anglia Ruskin University Young children in deprived areas see nature and outdoor spaces as being associated with "happy places", according to a new study…

About 42% of rural school districts in the U.S. offered fully in-person instruction as of February, compared with only 17% for urban districts, according to a new RAND Corporation survey of school district leaders. The opposite pattern…

5th Annual Vivian W. Symposium NIH Meeting to Focus on Building Bridges Across Public and Private Sectors to Better Integrate Sex and Gender Considerations into Biomedical Research WHAT: The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)…

Credit: Shannon Alexander/University of Florida After years of criticism for their lack of diversity, programs for high achievers may not be adequately serving their Black and low-income students, a new study shows. "The potential…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Log on to any app store, and parents will find hundreds of options for children that claim to be educational. But new research suggests these apps might not be as beneficial to children as they seem. A new study…