Plan to boost pre-K may have widened racial disparities

An NYC policy aimed at reducing the education gaps that separate children from rich and poor families may have worsened racial disparities in pre-K.

UC Berkeley • futurity
April 7, 2021 ~9 min

School integration isn’t a panacea for Black students

A retrospective look at high school integration in the United States shows that creating a racially balanced student body isn't a cure-all.

Lucas Hubbard-Duke • futurity
April 6, 2021 ~7 min


Parents: Step away from that focused little kid

When a young child is focused on an activity, too much direction from a parent can actually get in the way, research finds.

Carrie Spector-Stanford • futurity
March 22, 2021 ~9 min

COVID-19 stymied young kids’ reading skills

Following school closures in spring 2020 due to COVID-19, children's reading fluency in the US is roughly 30% behind what's expected in a typical year.

Carrie Spector-Stanford • futurity
March 22, 2021 ~9 min

Brain’s reading areas fire up for math too

New research on dyslexia points to an unexpected conclusion: Areas of the brain behind reading skill are also involved in math tasks.

Bert Gambini-Buffalo • futurity
March 12, 2021 ~8 min

Plans to reopen schools don’t jive with teacher vaccinations

There's no correlation between states' school reopening status and the ability of teachers to get COVID-19 vaccinations, a new analysis finds.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
March 11, 2021 ~6 min

Some med students are parents, but where are the data?

"If medical students who are parents are not adequately supported, they may be set up to fail at the earliest stage of their careers." New research finds a data gap.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
March 8, 2021 ~7 min

Pandemic pushed many moms out of the workforce

New research documents how the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting loss of in-person education for kids, has sidelined mothers from the workforce.

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
March 2, 2021 ~10 min


Pandemic pushed many moms out of the workforce

New research documents how the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting loss of in-person education for kids, has sidelined mothers from the workforce.

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
March 2, 2021 ~10 min

Preterm babies may struggle with school later

Babies born early may go on to struggle with math and English language arts, and also with chronic absenteeism and suspension from school.

Beth Duff-Brown-Stanford • futurity
Feb. 23, 2021 ~6 min

/

27