Three new reports on student achievement during the pandemic all point to larger declines in math than in reading and widening gaps between the haves and have-nots. But describing exactly how students are doing academically is proving to be a challenge when school closures and pandemic experiences varied so wildly from state to state and…

Overall, we find that measured verbal, non-verbal, and overall cognitive scores are significantly lower since the beginning of the pandemic. Looking further, we find that children born before the pandemic and followed through the initial stages do not show a reduction in skills or performance, but rather that young infants born since the beginning of…

When tweens and teens learn how to use self-regulation strategies, much-needed sleep can come more easily.

Researchers suggest moving start times could be an "inexpensive option to increase academic outcomes" at a time when budgets are tight.

I denna AMM-rapport presenteras åtgärdsförslag som syftar till att förbättra skolledares arbetsmiljö. Vi bedömer att de föreslagna åtgärderna kan användas till att främja skolledares hälsa och deras förutsättningar att verka i sin ledarroll, vilket i sin tur kan gynna anställda och elever.

I den nu aktuella rapporten föreslås åtgärder för att förbättra skolledares arbetsmiljö. Det är intervjuer med de deltagande skolledarna som ligger till grund för förslagen. Forskarna bedömer att förslagen kan främja skolledares hälsa och förbättra förutsättningarna för ledarrollen, vilket i sin tur kan gynna anställda och elever. 

After making a major shift to remote learning at the beginning of the pandemic, some teachers had to adjust to another unfamiliar environment when their school buildings reopened: teaching students online and in-person at the same time. Engaging, monitoring and supporting two sets of students with very different needs is a complex juggling act that…

En landsomfattende undersøkelse av vold, overgrep og psykisk helse blant ungdom i Norge våren 2020. (pdf)

As educators approach the one-year mark in pandemic-related school changes, many are experiencing high levels of traumatic stress, assert Christy Tirrell-Corbin, Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention at the University of Maryland, and Carlomagno Panlilio, Department of Educational Psychology at Penn State University. In this commentary, they suggest short-term solutions, such as focusing on…