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Children from poorer families do worse at school. Here’s how to understand the disadvantage gap

April 7, 2025 Phys Org

The problem of the disadvantage gap—also known as the attainment gap—is a persistent one in education in England. It refers to how children from certain groups, such as those from poorer backgrounds, ethnic minorities or […]

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Kids’ physical activity in child care is essential—how an online course equips educators to lead the way

April 7, 2025 Phys Org

Physical activity—primarily in the form of active play—promotes young children’s physical, mental, emotional and social health. It can also influence how active people will be later in life.This article was originally published on this website.

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Research suggests attacks on higher ed part of a ‘political playbook’ since the Civil Rights Movement

April 4, 2025 Phys Org

History has repeatedly shown that moments of major social and political progress are often followed by backlash. For example, following the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Reconstruction Era saw unchecked violence against […]

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Expert warns of misinterpretations in AI-generated research hypotheses

April 4, 2025 Phys Org

Researchers from chemistry, biology, and medicine are increasingly turning to AI models to develop new hypotheses. However, it is often unclear on which basis the algorithms come to their conclusions and to what extent they […]

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Access to reliable internet and digital devices tied to college graduation rates during COVID-19

April 4, 2025 Phys Org

Digital inequality—challenges in accessing or maintaining an internet connection and functional digital devices—affected on-time graduation for U.S. college students over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study co-authored by Rutgers […]

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‘How was school today?’ How to help kids open up and say more than ‘fine’

April 3, 2025 Phys Org

One of the first things parents want to ask their children after school is “how was your day?” We simply want to know how they are going and what happened at school.This article was originally […]

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Subtitles unlikely to improve early reading skills, researchers find

April 2, 2025 Phys Org

Public campaigns backed by celebrities and politicians have argued that television subtitles may dramatically improve children’s reading abilities. However, there has been no convincing research evidence for these claims.This article was originally published on this […]

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Investigating the gender gap in children’s educational time investments in informal settlements

April 2, 2025 Phys Org

New research from Monash University has, for the first time, investigated how children living in urban informal settlements in Indonesia and Fiji spend their time on educational, work and leisure activities, and how this may […]

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‘Adolescence’ on Netflix: A painful wake-up call about unregulated internet use for teens

April 2, 2025 Phys Org

In the Netflix series “Adolescence,” we have no idea why Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested at the beginning of the first episode. The tension from seeing a helpless 13-year-old boy escorted to a police […]

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Trips to the playground and jigsaw puzzles: Five surprising ways to help children learn to write

April 2, 2025 Phys Org

It’s a milestone that leaves parents beaming with pride: the first time their child shakily writes out their own name. And it’s the start of many more key childhood moments, from Christmas lists to writing […]

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