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Brain & Behavior

Young children develop better learning skills when taught by teachers of the same ethnicity, national US study suggests

Young children who are taught by a teacher of the same ethnicity as themselves are developing better learning and problem-solving skills by the age of seven, new research suggests.

Mar 17, 2023

Health

Misinformation about vaccine safety drives reluctance to vaccinate children, study finds

As of late September 2022, nearly 78% of U.S. adults but only 31% of children ages 5 to 11 had completed the primary set of vaccinations against Covid-19, according to health authorities.

Oct 3, 2022

Social Sciences

1 in 3 Americans might consider abolishing or limiting Supreme Court, Annenberg survey finds

As the Supreme Court’s fall term begins, a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania finds that more than a third of…

Oct 4, 2021

Social Sciences

City-funded housing repairs in low-income neighborhoods associated with drop in crime

Investing in structural home repairs in historically segregated, low-income, Black and Latino neighborhoods has been associated with reduced crime rates.

Jul 21, 2021

Social Sciences

Study: Nearly 10 percent of high school students experienced homelessness in Spring 2019

A new report finds that 509,025 (9.17%) public high school students in 24 states experienced homelessness in spring 2019 -- three times the number recognized by the states' education agencies.

Jul 2, 2021

Brain & Behavior

COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs Increased Among Users of Conservative and Social Media

Belief in conspiracies about the COVID-19 pandemic increased through the early months of the U.S.

May 4, 2021