What’s standard deviation? 4 things journalists need to know
Not sure what ‘standard deviation’ is or why it matters in academic research? We outline four key things journalists need to know about this common measure.
Education
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education
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ADHD in children: Who gets overlooked and how the pandemic has made learning harder
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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Confirmation bias in journalism: What it is and strategies to avoid it
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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‘Using Academic Research to Keep Politicians Honest’: A video training for journalists across beats
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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Religious exemptions and required vaccines: Examining the research
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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4 tips for covering religious exemptions to vaccine mandates
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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Teachers and school staff play a central role in COVID-19 outbreaks on campus, research suggests
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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When schools shut down: How education interruptions can hurt student achievement
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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Kids wrestled with depression, eating disorders and other mental health issues amid the pandemic, research finds
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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Covering critical race theory and the push to keep it out of US public schools: 4 tips for journalists
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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