A ninth-grade ethnic studies class has a remarkably prolonged and strong positive impact on students, increasing their overall engagement in school, probability of graduating, and likelihood of ...

A new study finds that science and social studies classes may also help young students learn English, even when those classes include difficult and technical vocabulary. The paper is published in the ...

Attention is a complex process that includes being alert, selecting what to attend to, ignoring what is unimportant, and maintaining focus for the right amount of time. Preparing before class helps ...

A new study found that early-morning classes are associated with “lower attendance, shorter sleep, and poorer academic achievement” among college students. The study, published Monday in Nature Human ...

correctionA previous version of this article said AP African American Studies was the first new course offering from the College Board since 2014. Two other courses, AP Precalculus and AP Computer ...

Protests from San Francisco teachers and principals in June saved a required ethnic studies class in public schools from being shelved. But some parents are still complaining, saying that the course ...

Long before there was a field called gender studies, it was women's studies. Many college and university programs now are referred to as Women's and Gender Studies or Gender and Women's Studies, and ...

Several studies have shown that students who attend afternoon classes tend to perform better in school than those who attend morning classes. This is due to greater synchrony between class times and ...