The Role of Teachers in Educational Inequality Recent research reveals how the way teachers think can lead to disparities in students’ achievement.
When a “Small” Change Mitigates Bias How a 1-page letter to a teacher reduced return to juvenile detention by 40 percentage points.
A New Rock in College Students’ Shoes: Poor Program Design Students enter college hoping it will be a positive and life-changing experience. But some end up experiencing acute psychological distress. Why?
What Makes College Students Anxious? Helicopter parents, unrealistic ideals, and rising competition seem to matter.
Positive Beliefs About Being Black Can Protect Against the Harm of a Negative Racial Climate at School A negative school racial climate is harmful for Black youth, but this group has assets that can protect them.
What are College Teacher Evaluations Really Based on? Researchers have long overlooked the magic ingredient in teachers' success.
Who Can Talk About Systemic Inequality in the American Classroom? What we think of teachers who discuss systemic inequality depends on the race of the teacher and our own political ideology.
How STEM Students Explain Their Academic Setbacks Affects Their Graduation Rates A simple change in how students think about their academic problems can have long-lasting effects.
COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: Who Believes These Bonkers Stories? A worldwide study takes a look at the kinds of people who tend to believe conspiracy theories about the pandemic.