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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Despite long-standing efforts to close the racial "achievement gap" in education, the term does more to trigger racist stereotypes and causes a lower sense of urgency than when the issue is presented as the need to "end inequality in educational outcomes." …

In a seven-year study of preterm babies, increased maternal milk consumption was related to improved performance IQ, academic success, and a decrease in ADHD symptoms.Maternal milk consumption is linked to improved school-age outcomes for preterm babies.Children born prematurely have a higher chance of inferior academic ability in math, reading, and other abilities, as well as a higher risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt"…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Parental help with homework has no significant impact on children's academic achievement in elementary school, according to Penn State College of Education researchers. …

PolestarThis week, Polestar, the EV company owned by Volvo (whose parent is Chinese carmaker Geely), that recently went public in a NASDAQ (PSNY) merger with Gores Guggenheim, released its long-awaited update for Apple CarPlay for its electric fastback sedan, the Polestar 2.(Disclaimer: I own a Polestar 2 and am a stockholder in PSNY). The Polestar 2 is unique among EVs because it was the first to launch with Google's Android Automotive operating system. This is different from "Android Auto," a smartphone app…

Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has commented on its plans to fix an achievement/trophy that’s been broken ever since the game went free-to-play. When Fall Guys went free-to-play and came to more consoles on June 21 the game also seems to have broken its own Head Turner achievement, as it requires the equipping of legendary costume pieces – but none can now be unlocked (via True Achievements). Mediatonic has since addressed the issue on the Fall Guys Discord, saying it is currently “working to make this achievable.”…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain During the COVID-19 pandemic, many children were unable to study in the classroom with teachers' supervision. A recent study in the British Journal of Educational Psychology reveals an important role for parental involvement in children's academic achievement during school closures.…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Frequent small stakes assessments may help marginalized students bridge an achievement gap in physiology education, according to research that will be presented this week at the American Physiological Society (APS) Institute on Teaching and Learning in Madison, Wisconsin. …

Loudon Wainwright III will release his 31st studio album ‘Lifetime Achievement’ on 19th August 2022 via StorySound Records. His first collection of original songs since 2014’s “Haven’t Got The Blues Yet”, ‘Lifetime Achievement’ features 15 songs written by the 75-year-old. Says Wainwright, “I remember when I made my first record for Atlantic in 1969. I was always saying, ‘I want it to be a record – not only a recording, but a document that captures a moment.’ I was 21 and very serious, and I thought I’d be dead in…

Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat, who has had his fair share of criticism by readers and writers of literary novels, says that there is a lot of "elitism" in Indian literary circles. He asserted that "there are no benchmarks in India" and that he doesn't have to prove his credentials to anybody. "When I began writing, the entire (publishing) industry was focussed on literary kind of books, books that are seen by literature experts as having a certain elitist language. Those were the kinds of books being published,…

“In high-poverty schools that were remote for more than half of 2021, the loss was about half of a school year’s worth of typical achievement growth,” explained Thomas Kane, who heads up the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard. Credit: Rose Lincoln/Harvard file photo A new report on pandemic learning loss found that high-poverty schools both spent more weeks in remote instruction during 2020–21 and suffered large…