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Seven strategies to advance women in science Posted: 05 Mar 2015 09:54 AM PST The Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group, a collection of more than 30 academic and business leaders, present seven strategies to advance women in science, engineering, and medicine in the modern landscape.

Reliance on smartphones linked to lazy thinking Posted: 05 Mar 2015 08:05 AM PST Our smartphones help us find a phone number quickly, provide us with instant directions and recommend restaurants, but new research indicates that this convenience at our fingertips is making it easy for us to avoid thinking for ourselves.

Little evidence that executive function interventions boost student achievement Posted: 05 Mar 2015 08:04 AM PST Despite growing enthusiasm among educators and scholars about the potential of school-based executive function interventions to significantly increase student achievement, a federally funded meta-analysis of 25 years' worth of research finds no conclusive evidence that developing students' executive function skills leads to better academic performance, according to a new study.

Study simulates changes to admissions criteria for NYC’s specialized high schools Posted: 05 Mar 2015 08:02 AM PST A new report examines students' pathways from middle school to matriculation at a specialized high school, and simulates the effects of various admissions criteria that have been proposed as alternatives to the current policy -- which uses students' performance on the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) as the sole determinant of admission.

Teacher candidates lack a clear understanding of edTPA, study shows Posted: 02 Mar 2015 03:17 PM PST The edTPA process in 2014 posed challenges for many teacher candidates in New York and Washington—the first two states to require successful edTPA completion for teacher certification. According to a recent study, candidates in both states, particularly in New York, felt unprepared during the first year of edTPA implementation.