‘The Department Must Do More’: Trump Administration’s Handling of Argosy University Faces Criticism
(Washington Post – Subscription Required, Free Trial)
After calling the Education Department help line and reviewing online information, the association said the resources failed to provide students with a “road map or solutions” they need.
Argosy on Brink of Closure
(Inside Higher Ed)
The for-profit college chain will shut down today, affecting several thousand students, if a new buyer is not secured — a scenario observers say has small chances of happening.
Argosy University May Close Campuses Across the Country as Soon as Friday
(USA Today)
Argosy University students were told in emails Wednesday that campuses across the country could close as soon as this week.
A College Chain Crumbles, and Millions in Student Loan Cash Disappears
(New York Times)
When the Education Department approved a proposal by Dream Center, a Christian nonprofit with no experience in higher education, to buy a troubled chain of for-profit colleges, skeptics warned that the charity was unlikely to pull off the turnaround it promised.
Could Artificial Intelligence Automate Student Note-Taking?
(Education Week – Subscription Required, Free Trial)
“I applaud attempts to think about applications of technology that can help students take more effective notes and highlight the key takeaways,” Murphy said. “I just don’t know if this particular application is going to provide that.”
I Tried Flexible Seating
(Effortful Educator)
Why did I create a classroom environment that I am against, that I believe acts to impede student learning?
Study: Too Many Structured Activities May Hinder Children’s Executive Functioning
(Education Week’s Teaching Now – Subscription Required, Free Trial)
When children spend more time in structured activities, they get worse at working toward goals, making decisions, and regulating their behavior, according to a study.
Singing for Science: How the Arts Can Help Students Who Struggle Most
(Science Daily)
Incorporating the arts — rapping, dancing, drawing — into science lessons can help low-achieving students retain more knowledge and possibly help students of all ability levels be more creative in their learning, finds a new study.
My Perspective Looking at My Degree in Experimental Psychology
(The Experimental Psychology Bulletin)
Providing first-hand insights into what experimental psychology is and how it will lead to an academic and biomedical career of research, teaching and policy.
1 in 3 Students with ADHD Receive No School Interventions
(Science Daily)
One in three students with ADHD received no school-based interventions and two of three received no classroom management, researchers found in the largest study of children and teens with ADHD ever conducted. At least one in five students with ADHD who experience significant academic and social impairment – those most in need of services – received no school intervention. The gap was particularly evident for adolescents and youth from non-English-speaking and/or lower income families.
1.7 Million Students Attend Schools With Police But No Counselors, New Data Show
(Education Week’s Rules for Engagement – Subscription Required, Free Trial)
As policymakers call for more school police in response to safety concerns, a new analysis of federal data shows that many students don’t have access to other kinds of staff necessary for safety and support—staff like school nurses, social workers, and psychologists.
More Than Just Memories: A New Role for the Hippocampus During Learning
(Science Daily)
Without an intact hippocampus, forming new memories is impossible. Researchers have found an equally important role for the hippocampus: feeding information to brain areas responsible for learning. Using fMRI, the research team found it was the hippocampus that encoded associations between relevant features of the environment during learning and that the associations encoded in the hippocampus were used by brain systems responsible for learning.
Movement And Breathing Breaks Help Students Stay Focused On Learning
(KQED – Mind/Shift)
For many kids, sitting still all day in school is a big challenge, which is why movement breaks are good practice, whether it’s in elementary school or high school. Additionally, learning science shows us that movement activates the brain and improves cognition.
Background Music Might Stifle Creativity
(Scientific American’s 60 Second Science – Transcript Available)
Volunteers who listened to music solved fewer word puzzles than others who worked in silence.
Jogging Happy Memories
(APA’s Monitor on Psychology How Did You Get That Job)
At Facebook, researcher Artie Konrad helps bring the user’s voice into the company’s “Memories” feature
