We've all heard that good study habits involve finding a quiet space and immersing oneself in the material. Psychologists are now challenging this adv...

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Elementary school students in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, are learning that slowing down is the way to get ahead. Schools here have been using a progr...

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With over 4,000 enrolled students, Brockton High School is the largest public school in the state of Massachusetts, and one of the largest in the nati...

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A growing body of research shows that physcial activity - even a 20-minute walk before a test - has a positive impact on childrens' performance in sch...

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Earlier this month the Education Trust released two must-read reports detailing the gaps in minority graduation rates within U.S. colleges and univers...

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How much of an impact can a great kindergarten teacher have? According to an article published in the New York Times, a new study has found that a kin...

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Thomas Friedman writes for the New York Times about "Waiting for Superman," a soon-to-be-relased documentary by "An Inconvenient Truth" director, Davi...

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In this interview on NPR, olympic swimmer Cullen Jones discusses, among other things, early challenges that he faced as a swimmer. Throughout the inte...

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Efficacy is in the news!  As a part of our Envoy Project with Memphis City Schools, we engaged middle school students in a week-long summer camp,...

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Salma Hussein, Valedictorian of English High in Boston, tells David Boeri of WBUR that the theme of her graduation speech is "that you can be successf...

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