Parents and students say their goodbyes as the first day back at school begins at Monta Loma Elementary School in Mountain View on August 10, 2022. Photo by Adam Pardee. The Mountain View Whisman School District is planning an expansion of transitional kindergarten this fall, spreading the program…
Fewer students are enrolling in Connecticut public pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms as the pandemic continues. But state education officials said this is a trend that started before the pandemic. Since the 2014-15 school year, state data show that total enrollment decreased by 3.4% each year until the pandemic…
A group of prominent Black health researchers in Canada have come together to provide Black health education for health professionals and students. The first module from the Black Health Education Collaborative (BHEC) will be available to students next year. The resource serves as a foundation for all health…
There’s a sign at the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine that reads, “The lesson you learn today will save someone’s life tomorrow. Pay attention!” Those two sentences embody Dr. Deborah German’s passion and drive to build the UCF medical school in affiliation with an essential…
Published Apr 11, 2023 by Students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University — as well as students from other health sciences disciplines — shared their research and networked with other students and faculty during a celebration of health professions education on April 4. “Creative…
View Larger Image March 16, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received grants totaling more than $1 million from the United States Department of Agriculture and AT&T that will widen the scope of existing digital health programs, including field trips…
The COVID-19 pandemic devastated children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives. The scale of the disruption to American kids’ education is evident in a district-by-district…
Higher levels of education have been associated with better mental health. Causal relationships are notoriously difficult to establish and are generally multifactorial. Nevertheless, education has been shown to be one of the clearest indicators of life outcomes such as employment, income, and social status. It is thus a…