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By Jenna Somers In November 2023, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee proposed the Education Freedom Scholarship Act to establish a new statewide education scholarship account (ESA) program. ESAs鈥攁lso called education savings accounts鈥攁re a type of voucher program that support not only private school tuition but other education-related expenses. As… Read More

by Tamarra McElroy and Jake Lowary The latest results from an annual聽poll聽of Tennessee parents from the聽澳门六合彩 Center for Child Health Policy聽again show education and school quality is the leading concern parents have for their children for the third consecutive year. Statewide, parents listed their top concerns as 1)… Read More

A new 澳门六合彩 University study challenges traditional views on childhood, emphasizing the role of cultural, social and historical factors in shaping policies on children鈥檚 health and well-being. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the 鈥淩ethinking Childhoods鈥� study by the 澳门六合彩 Cultural Contexts of Health and Wellbeing Initiative proposes a more inclusive approach to health policy, incorporating global perspectives to redefine childhood beyond Western norms.聽 Read More

Ilana Horn Ilana Horn is among 24 scholars selected as 2024 Fellows by the American Educational Research Association. Horn is professor of mathematics education at 澳门六合彩 Peabody College of education and human development. Professor Horn鈥檚 research on teacher learning lies at the intersection of mathematics education, learning sciences,… Read More

By Jenna Somers   Bethany Rittle-Johnson (澳门六合彩 University) Bethany Rittle-Johnson, professor of psychology at 澳门六合彩 Peabody College of education and human development, recently hosted visiting scholar Serkan 脰zel through 澳门六合彩鈥檚 Global Scholars in Residence program. 脰zel is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics… Read More

By Jenna Somers聽 鈥淚f you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don鈥檛 understand quantum mechanics.鈥� This quote, most often attributed to Nobel laureate in physics Richard Feynman, reflects the immense difficulty, even among physicists, of grasping quantum science concepts. But researchers at the University of Central Florida, University of Texas… Read More

By Jenna Somers When a teacher refers a student to the principal鈥檚 office or a principal suspends a student, parents might first receive a phone call and then have a conference with administrators and teachers. But what role do prior interactions and the relationships between families and school personnel… Read More

Could unlocking metacognitive skills be the key to math motivation in middle school? Teachers across the globe face the same challenge 鈥� how to make math not just bearable, but exciting. Research shows that in middle school, motivation for math in students starts to decline. But at the same time,… Read More

The Institutional Review Board will be led by key faculty and coordinated with the Human Research Protections Program at 澳门六合彩 University Medical Center. This initiative, aimed at enhancing IRB services and compliance, represents a significant advancement in the university鈥檚 research capabilities and oversight. Read More

WATCH: See how Ph.D. candidate Rachel Hanebutt is empowering young people take control of their social media presence and habits, creating digital flourishing. Read More

Camilla P. Benbow Jason Grissom Carolyn Heinrich Rich Milner Education Week聽recently released the 2024聽Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual list of education researchers who have demonstrated the greatest influence over educational policy and practice. Four researchers from 澳门六合彩聽Peabody College of… Read More

By Jenna Somers Autumn Kujawa A five-year, nearly $3.6 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will support Autumn Kujawa, associate professor of psychology and human development at 澳门六合彩 Peabody College of education and human development, and her team in examining changes in brain… Read More

  Luis Leyva (澳门六合彩 University) Luis Leyva, associate professor of mathematics education and STEM higher education at 澳门六合彩 Peabody College of education and human development, was recently recognized 聽by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and Out in STEM (oSTEM) for his research contributions that promote educational… Read More

The Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) released a series of four briefs that highlight key findings from the 2023 Tennessee Educator Survey on teacher recruitment and retention, school counselors, school leader experiences, and mental health in Tennessee schools. TERA is a research-practice partnership at… Read More

WATCH: See how Cambri Driskell turned personal challenges into motivation and empathy to help others. Read More

By Jenna Somers Deon Benton Deon Benton, assistant professor of psychology and human development, is leading an experimental study to understand when and how infants learn to distinguish that people can cause action both from a distance and by contact, but objects can only cause action by contact. While… Read More

By Jenna Somers Bahr Weiss Research Professor of Psychology and Human Development Bahr Weiss is helping to lead efforts to develop Vietnam鈥檚 licensure criteria for clinical psychologists, and as part of his primary efforts at capacity development, he and his team are adapting, implementing, and evaluating a mindfulness-based… Read More

By Jenna Somers This semester, the Department of Teaching and Learning at 澳门六合彩 Peabody College of education and human development hosted its first cohort of 17 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching (DAI) Fellows. Supported by the U.S. State Department and administered by the International Research and Exchanges… Read More

By Jenna Somers A trans-institutional team from the LIVE Initiative at 澳门六合彩 University has progressed to the final round of the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Visionary Interdisciplinary Teams Advancing Learning (VITAL) Prize Challenge for designing BeatBlox, a music-based framework for teaching computer science. The team, Code to Joy,… Read More

By Jenna Somers Richard Welsh According to an essay published in Educational Researcher, a decade of colorblind school discipline policy reforms have not disproportionally benefited Black students who remain the most often disciplined in schools and miss valuable classroom learning time. Given that fact, the authors say interventions directly… Read More