Labels matter – Creating an “us” and “them” harms students Teachers’ lower academic expectations based on students’ heritage and religion pose threats to those students’ school engagement by Ursula Moffitt / July 16, 2019
How immigrants’ places of residence influence secondary school choices Local environments matter, given that educational choices are seldom made in isolation by Janna Teltemann / May 6, 2019
Dispelling a common misconception about children’s learning High-quality exposure to both heritage language and language of instruction can help reduce achievement gaps by Orhan Agirdag / April 10, 2019
Do children learn better in mixed-age classrooms? Multigrade teaching is a promising approach, especially for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds by Giuseppe Sorrenti / March 22, 2019
How video games could help teach adolescents about empathy A study explores video game empathy training as a possible way to improve peer relationships and developmental outcomes by Meeri Kim / February 18, 2019
Even three-year-olds have a keen sense of fairness Very young children already have a nuanced appreciation of intentionality by Jessica Carolyn Bühler / November 14, 2018
School bullying An ongoing issue that requires prevention and intervention by Annie Brookman-Byrne / October 8, 2018
Why aren’t students curious in the classroom? Teachers should promote curiosity for more engagement and productive learning by Jamie Jirout / October 3, 2018
“Shyness can have a negative effect on learning” Georg Stöckli discusses how shy children become more confident at school Interview by Eveline von Arx / July 20, 2018
“Technology enhances collaborative learning” Valentin Ruest, CEO US of Go Pollock, explains how technology can encourage collaboration instead of competition in the classroom Interview by Aisha Schnellmann / July 18, 2018
Today’s teen friendships are not as different as we think From yearbooks to Instagram and Snapchat by Joanna Yau / June 25, 2018
Students exposed to more hardworking peers achieve higher grades Ulf Zölitz discusses his new research on the effects of peer personality on educational achievement Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 22, 2018
