Education Week’s archival coverage of the latest findings and trends in the field of education research.
New Zealand students of Maori and European descent work together in classrooms involved in a research project that aims to make schools more supportive of children from tribes indigenous to the South Pacific nation.
As classmates pass by, a student strikes third position at the barre during a ballet class at the Northwest Florida Ballet Academie in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Harvard doctoral student Elizabeth City and Gerardo J. Martinez, principal of Mary E. Curley Middle School, share ideas at the Boston school about how educators can use assessment results more effectively to improve instruction.
Bonham Elementary School in San Anthonio runs a two-way language-immersion program in English and Spanish that begins in kindergarten. Left to right, 3rd graders Eduardo Zapata, Elizabeth Trevino Narezo, and Anna Naim read a story in English to their class.
David Walsh, the author of <i> Why Do They Act That Way: A Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen</i>, suggests that brain research based on magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, helps explain teenagers' volatile and unpredictable behaviors. Other experts, however, say Mr. Walsh is taking intellectual leaps that are not yet fully confirmed by neuroscience.
Some popular television programs, such as “Rug Rats,” were cited by researchers as encouraging children to behave aggressively. Cartoons such as “The Simpsons” and “Pokemon” and the show “Power Rangers” were also cited, as were evening news broadcasts, which tend to emphasize violent incidents.
