Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education
ADHD is not a new issue in education journalism. But this roundup of research sheds new light on how the pandemic has impacted kids with ADHD and why some student groups are being over- and underdiagnosed.
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A behavioral scientist explains why it’s important for journalists to recognize and reduce the influence of cognitive bias in their work.
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This recording of our 50-minute training session shows journalists how research can be a powerful tool for holding governments and politicians accountable and fighting disinformation.
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How often do students and employees claim vaccine mandates conflict with their religious beliefs? What are schools doing to discourage exemptions to required childhood vaccines? We look at the research.
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Law professor Dorit Reiss, whose research focuses on vaccine mandates and religious exemptions, offers advice on how journalists should think about and cover these issues amid COVID-19.
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School employees have been the source of many outbreaks and may be more likely to transmit the virus to coworkers than students, research suggests. Meanwhile, many teachers are at risk for severe illness if infected.
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Research indicates education interruptions such as school closings during extreme weather can hurt children’s academic progress. But there are few peer-reviewed studies measuring COVID-19’s impact on student learning in the U.S.
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Recent studies examining COVID-19’s impact on mental health also find differences among groups of students such as high school athletes.
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Two experts offer insights to help journalists make sense of the recent controversy around critical race theory, a decades-old legal framework for examining how U.S. laws and systems have perpetuated racism.
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Two scholars offer guidance to help newsrooms report more accurately on scientists’ work and hold the scientific community responsible for protecting the integrity of science.
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