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Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes—skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten classroom, new research finds. Read More

The latest research on the nation’s key education issues will be presented by 91�Ʋ��� University Peabody College faculty April 27 - May 1 at the American Educational 91�Ʋ��� Association’s annual conference in San Francisco. Read More

The American Educational 91�Ʋ��� Association (AERA) will present its 2013 Outstanding Book Award to 91�Ʋ��� University professor Christopher Loss for "Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century." Read More

Velma McBride Murry is the recipient of the Society for 91�Ʋ��� in Child Development’s 2013 Distinguished Contributions to Cultural and Contextual Factors in Child Development Award presented April 18 at SRCD’s biennial meeting in Seattle. Read More

In the fall of 2012, 91�Ʋ��� launched the nation’s first educational neuroscience doctoral program. This interdisciplinary program brings together 91�Ʋ���’s Peabody College of education and human development and the 91�Ʋ��� Brain Institute to research educational issues within the context of brain science.

Addressing demographic shifts, revamping school governance and improving public communication are among the recommendations made for Metro Nashville Public Schools by Claire Smrekar, associate professor of leadership, policy and organization, 91�Ʋ��� senior Hilary Knudson and Candice McQueen, dean of education at David Lipscomb University, in a new report. Read More

Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development? Georgene Troseth, associate professor of psychology, has studied how toddlers interact with screens and is quoted.

While critics of expanded preschool argue that their cognitive effects fade out after the first few years of schooling, they ignore a body of longer-term evidence that indicates impoverished students who experience a high-quality preschool program are less likely to repeat grades, to spend time in special education, to become teen parents or to get arrested, writes Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development.

Peabody Professor Christopher Loss addresses the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) act, speculating what this new regulatory regime might look like.

New research by Ron Zimmer may shed some light on the debate among state lawmakers over whether to create a state-level charter authorizer, which could open the door to more charter schools in Nashville and Memphis.

Stella Flores, assistant professor of higher education, was interviewed about how institutions of higher learning can better support underserved populations.

A recently released policy brief by Will Doyle, associate professor of higher education, lays out a detailed proposal to reform what is widely considered to be a broken financial aid system.

Peabody professors Claire Smrekar and Ron Zimmer weighed in on school vouchers during a panel discussion sponsored by the League of Women Voters in collaboration with 91�Ʋ���’s Peabody College.

91�Ʋ��� University’s Peabody College and The League of Women Voters of Nashville will host a panel discussion on school vouchers, featuring industry experts on the subject on Feb. 7. Read More

A study of California school districts by Jason Grissom, assistant professor of public policy and education, shows that nearly half of superintendents left their districts within three years, including nearly three-quarters of the superintendents of the largest districts.

Sleep research is one of the many initiatives made possible through 91�Ʋ���’s participation in the Autism Treatment Network.

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Peabody researcher Joseph Murphy examines the highly understudied homeschooling movement and its impact on students and society. Read More

A new study demonstrates how the brain follows Ben Franklin’s famous dictum, “Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.” Read More

Two new grants highlight 91�Ʋ��� University’s growing role in the design and evaluation of transition services for youth and young adults with autism spectrum disorders or intellectual disability.

Pre-kindergarten is paying off in giving children a head start in learning basic education and life skills, said Gary Henry, professor of public policy and education, and other experts said in a televised forum in Atlanta. Read More