News tagged with secondary education
Today's children decide their school and career path early
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Nov 15, 2009 |
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Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by ...
Poverty is rooted in US education system, researcher says
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May 05, 2009 |
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Inequalities are rooted in many areas of the U.S. education system, and the current system's relationship with poverty has not improved, according to a Kansas State University researcher.
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One in five girls in upper secondary school suffers from school burnout
May 14, 2009 |
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The transition from basic education to upper secondary school is a challenge for many young people. According to a study of school burnout at different stages of school and higher education, upper secondary school is a particularly ...
Study reveals the paths of Ontario secondary students to their post-secondary destinations
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at Queen's University looking at the transitions young people make from secondary school to university, college, apprenticeship and the workplace found that over 60 percent of first-year college ...
The new myths of gifted education (w/ Podcast)
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored, they are all still with us and new ones have been added, according to research published in the current Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the official journa ...
Researchers Suggest New Models for Music Education
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Preteens and teenagers today are involved in music in ways that never could have been imagined 50 years ago. Yet America’s secondary school music education programs remain strikingly similar to those of five ...
Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language
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Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are increasingly unlikely to leave school with even the most basic knowledge of modern languages despite Government claims to the contrary, an independent study has found.
Researchers study why high school boys dodge 'Phys Ed'
Mar 31, 2008 |
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As obesity and inactivity among youth becomes a growing concern for North American families, new research based at The University of Western Ontario is asking why some high school boys are reluctant to participate in Grade ...
Undocumented students face barriers to higher education
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Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research released by the College Board shows that because of financial barriers and exclusion from the legal workforce, only a fraction of undocumented high school graduates go on to college. The board ...
Physics education improves when students make their own computer models
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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A current trend in secondary science education is for students to learn by discovering for themselves how things work. Computer modelling is a teaching method that fits in nicely with this trend and also with new learning ...
Education Expert Says Longer School Hours Alone Will Not Solve Educational Crisis
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- President Barack Obama's plan to extend the school year to increase achievement among American students would only help bridge the gap between American students and those in other countries ...
Drug testing in schools up
Jul 12, 2006 |
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Higher funding and the lowering of legal constraints are encouraging more U.S. schools to test students for use of illegal drugs.
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