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Lancaster University study finds very little done to recruit and retain male staff in early years sector.

Parental influence has a far greater impact on a child’s attainment in mathematics

Researchers find that girls develop essential social skills that will be useful later in life.

Study shows extraneous images draw attention from text, reducing comprehension in beginning readers.

Australian based study finds that students can experience a decline in academic results two years later.

Facilitating metacognition in the primary school through teacher-pupil interactions

Modelling study suggests reopening UK schools in September must be combined with high-coverage of test-trace-isolate strategy to avoid second wave of COVID-19.

Researchers find that children from less-advantaged backgrounds, boys in particular often under-perform academically.

Study could have important implications for interventions directed at addressing disadvantage in education

Young people from deprived backgrounds face a three-way set of conditions that could lock them out of work.

Study finds ability to read well can help explain why fewer men go to college than women

Millions of the world’s poorest children are leaving school without mastering even basic levels of reading or maths

A new study finds that earlier high school start times can have significant adverse consequences