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Why student samples can mislead: Higher education may shift values toward Western norms

March 27, 2026 Phys Org

A new study published in Nature Communications finds that worldwide, people with higher levels of education are more culturally similar to those in Canada, the U.S., U.K., and other Anglo, industrialized countries and countries in […]

Education

Q&A: How high school shapes future success

March 26, 2026 Phys Org

A study led by a recent Harvard graduate analyzed Massachusetts education and unemployment data for insights on how high schools affect students’ long-term educational and earning outcomes. It found that on average, schools that help […]

Education

Why believing ‘practice makes perfect’ may matter more than grit for students’ grades

March 26, 2026 Phys Org

Different forms of motivation affect how pupils perform in upper secondary school, a recent NTNU study shows. Pupils who believe they can improve through practice enjoy their subjects more and achieve better academic outcomes. The […]

Education

Community music education a key youth well-being strategy

March 25, 2026 Phys Org

Improving the well-being of young people is an international priority. The World Health Organization has reported that suicide is now the third leading cause of death for young people aged 15 to 29-years-old globally, and […]

Education

If using ChatGPT is cheating, what about ghostwriting? The old debate behind a new panic

March 25, 2026 Phys Org

In February 2023, a little more than a year after the launch of ChatGPT, Vanderbilt University sent an email to its student body in the wake of a fatal campus shooting at Michigan State.This article […]

Education

Tourism work builds 100 transferable skills, study shows

March 25, 2026 Phys Org

People working in tourism and hospitality develop more than 100 transferable skills—from empathy and resilience to problem-solving and communication—that are in demand across every sector of the economy, according to research from the University of […]

Education

Significant grade inflation may be occurring in graduate education, according to decades’ worth of data

March 25, 2026 Phys Org

Analysis of two decades of student data at a large U.S. university suggests that grade inflation exists in graduate education. Researcher Vivien Lee and colleagues at the University of Minnesota, U.S., present these findings in […]

Education

Low-income students and girls are steered away from ‘risky’ creative careers at school, says report

March 24, 2026 Phys Org

Schools, families, and social pressures are channeling young people—especially girls and poorer students—away from studying creative subjects because they are considered low-status or financially “risky,” a new report says. The University of Cambridge study argues […]

Education

Boys ditch books when schools close—girls keep reading: Study

March 24, 2026 Phys Org

When holidays or pandemics shut down schools, gender differences in children’s reading habits widen; boys stop reading, while girls continue, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. The researchers say their findings […]

Math

Mathematical framework maps landscape of student knowledge via short quizzes

March 24, 2026 Phys Org

When we learn something new, that information does not exist in isolation. It integrates into the complex landscape of our knowledge, forging connections with existing ideas and opening up possibilities for new learning. In a […]

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