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Study finds early brain health education improves lifetime earnings

Dallas students from an elementary school where at least 80% of students come from low-income families are projected to earn more than their high-income peers over a lifetime, thanks to education built on brain science, […]

The elephant in the classroom: Why children need more male teachers

Ahead of World Teachers’ Day, education experts at the University of South Australia are calling for urgent action to counteract gender stereotypes and bring more men into early childhood education.This article is brought to you […]

Identifying factors affecting word processing during second-language English reading at different stages

When reading a passage, readers may pause at a particular word or return to reread it. Studies using eye-tracking, which record eye movements during reading, have suggested that word length, frequency, and predictability from context […]

Arab American students and parents see US schools very differently. Political tensions are widening the gap

Sixty-four percent of Arab American students say their parents don’t fully understand the U.S. school system.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Why we should be skeptical of the hasty global push to test 15-year-olds’ AI literacy in 2029

If 2022 was the year OpenAI knocked our world off course with the launch of ChatGPT, 2025 will be remembered for the frenzied embrace of AI as the solution to everything. And, yes, this includes […]

University ranking systems are being rejected. African institutions should take note

The Sorbonne University, founded in Paris in 1253 and known globally as a symbol of education, science and culture, has just announced that, starting in 2026, it will stop submitting data to Times Higher Education […]

AI in the classroom is hard to detect—time to bring back oral tests

News that several New Zealand universities have given up using detection software to expose student use of artificial intelligence (AI) underlines the challenge higher education is facing.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

First-generation female graduates more likely than peers not to have children in their 40s

Women who are the first in their family to attend university have fewer children on average than graduates with at least one university-educated parent, UCL researchers find.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Unregulated and unfair: How private tutoring is falling short for families

Australia’s unregulated private tutoring industry is having a profound impact on the Australian educational landscape, potentially leaving students vulnerable by employing thousands of unqualified operators and deepening educational inequity across the country.This article is brought […]

How generative AI is really changing education by outsourcing the production of knowledge to big tech

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are now used by students and teachers at every level of education.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.