Several states in the US, including California, Washington, Florida, and North Carolina, are now considering doing away with the practice by making daylight savings time (DST) permanent. But, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on April 22 say, permanent DST would make it harder to wake up in the winter. It would also undermine efforts in many states to give teens more time to sleep in by pushing school start times back.
Across US counties, black students experience higher rates of suspension, expulsion, in-school arrests and law enforcement referrals than whites, according to a new study led by Princeton University researchers.
Middle school students practicing meditation as part of a school Quiet Time program had significant improvements in social-emotional competencies and psychological distress, according to a new study published in Education. This is the first study to evaluate effects of the Quiet Time program on teacher-rated social-emotional learning in middle school students.
Students from lower income households experience twice the rate of non-participation in sports and extracurricular activities than peers.