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Want to Boost Students’ Focus During Tests? Check the Time of Day
Education Week· 5 days agoIllness, weariness, anxiety, and boredom can all distract students and undercut their performance on tests. A new study suggests proper timing can make a big difference in ...
One Alabama school district’s uncommon approach to boosting math scores: ‘Confidence in the room’
Birmingham News· 3 days agoCorner Middle School math teacher Zach Weldon had planned for the chaos of 24 students racing to...
LAUSD parents and teachers in uproar over timed academic testing for 4-year-olds
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLAUSD is giving transitional kindergarteners a test meant for kindergarteners. Some worry the...
Maine students compete in Windstorm Challenge
WCSH 6 Portland· 7 days agoOne hundred teams designed and constructed floating platforms for model wind turbines. “You build it, you test it, you see how it does,” Parker Liba, a...
Artificial intelligence to now answer Google searches, raising fears of less link traffic
The Times and Democrat· 3 days agoGoogle rolled out a retooled search engine Tuesday that will frequently favor responses crafted by...
President Biden Has a Plan to Reduce School Absenteeism
Newsweek· 2 days agoAbsenteeism was responsible for more than one-quarter of the test score declines in math and almost...
Wales-based high school's Academic Decathlon team places second at national competition
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 days agoMay 10—WALES — Oak Hill High School's decathlon team held its own against larger schools in its competition division, securing second place at the national competition in Pennsylvania this year ...
Meet the Runners of the Strategist
New York Magazine· 4 days agoThe Strategist happens to be full of runners, so this week, we hit the ground running (literally), testing tons of running gear and interviewing experts...
Fresno State Liberal Studies Graduate, Andii Barnett, Fights Through Setbacks to Earn Dean’s Medal
Sierra Sun Times· 5 days agoBy Alexis Ford-Duncil - Andii Barnett’s journey is not just one of academic achievement but a...
Physics Unravels the Truth Behind “The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend”
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoNew study is first to use statistical physics to corroborate 1940s social balance theory. Most people have heard the famous phrase “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Now, Northwestern University ...
