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1### [COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Linked With Six Unhealthy Eating Behaviors](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210412114740.htm)
1### [How a Virtual Program May Help Kids Get Ready for Kindergarten](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210518114907.htm)
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3Apr. 12, 2021 - A new probe into the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed correlations to six unhealthy eating behaviors, according to a new ...
3May 18, 2021 - With pandemic lockdowns still in place last summer, The Ohio State University couldn't host its in-person Summer Success Program to help preschoolers from low-income families prepare for ...
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7### [For Girls, Learning Science Outside Linked to Better Grades, Knowledge](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210407143824.htm)
7### [Youths With Diverse Gender Identities Bullied Up to Three Times More Than Peers, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210512132910.htm)
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9Apr. 7, 2021 - A study suggests outdoor education could be a promising tool to help close gender gaps in ...
9May 12, 2021 - Transgender and other youths with diverse gender identities are victimized up to three times more than their peers, according to a new ...
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13### [Nearly 40,000 Kids Who Lost a Parent to COVID-19 Need Immediate Support](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210405113627.htm)
13### [Pandemic Screen Time Tops 6 Hours a Day for Some Kindergartners](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210512083440.htm)
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15Apr. 5, 2021 - Approximately 40,000 children in the United States may have lost a parent to COVID-19 since February 2020, according to a statistical model created by a team of researchers. The researchers ...
15May 12, 2021 - Kindergartners from low-income families spent more than six hours a day in front of screens during two early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small Ohio study suggests. That is nearly double the ...
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19### [Mothers Bear the Cost of the Pandemic Shift to Remote Work](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210331173710.htm)
19### [Top Educational Apps for Children Might Not Be as Beneficial as Promised](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210510143915.htm)
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21Mar. 31, 2021 - At the same time the pandemic was expanding the number of people working remotely, children nationwide began attending school virtually. The result? An increase in domestic work that fell ...
21May 11, 2021 - Log on to any app store, and parents will find hundreds of options for children that claim to be educational. But new research suggests these apps might not be as beneficial to children as they ...
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25### [COVID-19 Transmission Rare in Schools With Masking, Distancing, Contact Tracing, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210319125531.htm)
25### [Even When They Include Them, Gifted Programs Aren't Serving Black or Low-Income Kids, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210510161515.htm)
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27Mar. 19, 2021 - Wearing masks, social distancing and frequent hand-washing have kept in-school COVID-19 transmission low, according to results of a pilot study in Missouri aimed at identifying ways to keep ...
27May 10, 2021 - The first nationwide study of outcomes for different gifted subgroups shows the programs may not be adequately serving their Black and low-income ...
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31### [Internet-Access Spending Improves Academic Outcomes, According to Study of Texas Public Schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210315160711.htm)
31### [Online Learning Doesn't Improve Student Sleep Habits, Research Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210506163618.htm)
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33Mar. 15, 2021 - Increased internet-access spending by Texas public schools improved academic performance but also led to more disciplinary problems among students, a study of 9,000 schools ...
33May 6, 2021 - New research suggests that students learning remotely become night owls but do not sleep more despite the time saved commuting, working or attending social ...
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37### [Researchers Discover That Privacy-Preserving Tools Leave Private Data Anything but](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210303161648.htm)
37### [New Guidelines for Schools Recommend Against Food Bans](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505075043.htm)
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39Mar. 3, 2021 - Researchers explored whether private data could still be recovered from images that had been 'sanitized'' by such deep-learning discriminators as privacy protecting GANs ...
39May 5, 2021 - Schools and child care centres should train staff on food allergies and have epinephrine available to treat anaphylaxis, but new guidelines do not recommend food ...
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43### [Study Suggests Teacher-Student Bonds May Be Especially Important for Homeless Kids](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210222124638.htm)
43### [New Approaches for Teaching Science Remotely Arise from the COVID-19 Crisis](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210427110657.htm)
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45Feb. 22, 2021 - A recent study of homeless preschoolers found a strong correlation between the bonds those children formed with teachers and the children's risk of behavioral and emotional ...
45Apr. 27, 2021 - A new paper on college science classes taught remotely points to teaching methods that enhance student communication and collaboration, offering a framework for enriching online instruction as the ...
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49### [Focus on the Positive to Improve Classroom Behavior](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210222124522.htm)
49### [Individualized Training Is Key for Autistic Adolescents Learning to Drive](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210420092849.htm)
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51Feb. 22, 2021 - When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative ...
51Apr. 20, 2021 - A new study identified clear strengths and a series of specific challenges autistic adolescents experience while learning to ...
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55### [Foreign Language Learners Should Be Exposed to Slang in the Classroom and Here's Why....](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217121727.htm)
55### [Researchers Use AI to Empower Environmental Regulators](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210419182101.htm)
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57Feb. 17, 2021 - Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard ...
57Apr. 19, 2021 - Monitoring environmental compliance is a particular challenge for governments in poor countries. A new machine learning approach that uses satellite imagery to pinpoint highly polluting brick kilns ...
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61### [School Closures May Not Reduce Coronavirus Deaths as Much as Expected](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210209113905.htm)
61### [Reliable COVID-19 Short-Term Forecasting](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210415170735.htm)
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63Feb. 9, 2021 - School closures, the loss of public spaces, and having to work remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic have caused major disruptions in people's lives all over the world. After running ...
63Apr. 15, 2021 - Researchers have developed a new model for making short-term projections of daily COVID-19 cases that is accurate, reliable and easily used by public health officials and other ...
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67### [Randomized Trials Could Help to Return Children Safely to Schools, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210121132231.htm)
67### [Objective Analysis of Stress in the Classroom](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210415114105.htm)
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69Jan. 21, 2021 - Schools are closing again in response to surging levels of COVID-19 infection, but staging randomized trials when students eventually return could help to clarify uncertainties around when we should ...
69Apr. 15, 2021 - Is it the difficulty of a task that determines whether or not students are stressed when working on it? Biologists working in biology didactics set out to find out the answers; to this end, the team ...
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73### [College Classrooms Are Still Chilly for Women, as Men Speak More, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210119114452.htm)
73### [Lower COVID-19 Rates Seen in U.S. States With Higher Adherence to Mask Wearing](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210414154949.htm)
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75Jan. 19, 2021 - Men speak 1.6 times more often than women in college classrooms, revealing how gender inequities regarding classroom participation still exist, according to a new study. By comparison, women are more ...
75Apr. 14, 2021 - A new state-by-state analysis shows a statistical association between high adherence to mask wearing and reduced rates of COVID-19 in the United ...
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79### [College Campuses Are COVID-19 Superspreaders, New Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210113090925.htm)
79### [COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Linked With Six Unhealthy Eating Behaviors](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210412114740.htm)
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81Jan. 13, 2021 - College campuses are at risk of becoming COVID-19 superspreaders for their entire county, according to a new vast study which shows the striking danger of the first two weeks of school in ...
81Apr. 12, 2021 - A new probe into the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed correlations to six unhealthy eating behaviors, according to a new ...
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85### [Modeling Study Suggests Mitigation Efforts Can Prevent Most College Campus COVID-19 Cases](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221160406.htm)
85### [For Girls, Learning Science Outside Linked to Better Grades, Knowledge](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210407143824.htm)
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87Dec. 21, 2020 - As colleges and universities consider strategies for the spring semester to keep COVID-19 cases down, a study in epidemic modeling may help shed light on what mitigation strategies may be most ...
87Apr. 7, 2021 - A study suggests outdoor education could be a promising tool to help close gender gaps in ...
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91### [California Lockdown Suppressed Excess Pandemic Deaths](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221134154.htm)
91### [Nearly 40,000 Kids Who Lost a Parent to COVID-19 Need Immediate Support](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210405113627.htm)
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93Dec. 21, 2020 - Nearly 20,000 more Californians died in the first six months of the pandemic than would have been expected to die in a normal year, with a disproportionate number of those deaths occurring among ...
93Apr. 5, 2021 - Approximately 40,000 children in the United States may have lost a parent to COVID-19 since February 2020, according to a statistical model created by a team of researchers. The researchers ...
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97### [Significant Increase in Depression Seen Among Children During First UK Lockdown](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201208193405.htm)
97### [Mothers Bear the Cost of the Pandemic Shift to Remote Work](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210331173710.htm)
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99Dec. 8, 2020 - The first lockdown led to a significant increase in symptoms of depression among children, highlighting the unintended consequences of school closures, according to a new ...
99Mar. 31, 2021 - At the same time the pandemic was expanding the number of people working remotely, children nationwide began attending school virtually. The result? An increase in domestic work that fell ...
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103### [Racial Microaggressions Contribute to Disparities in STEM Education](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201208111636.htm)
103### [COVID-19 Transmission Rare in Schools With Masking, Distancing, Contact Tracing, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210319125531.htm)
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105Dec. 8, 2020 - Careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are one of the fastest-growing areas of work in the United States, yet racial and gender disparities remain in STEM occupations. A ...
105Mar. 19, 2021 - Wearing masks, social distancing and frequent hand-washing have kept in-school COVID-19 transmission low, according to results of a pilot study in Missouri aimed at identifying ways to keep ...
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109### [Impactful Science Teaching Requires Minimum Five Hours Instruction Weekly](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201203133918.htm)
109### [Internet-Access Spending Improves Academic Outcomes, According to Study of Texas Public Schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210315160711.htm)
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111Dec. 3, 2020 - Middle-grades science teachers that dedicate a minimum of five hours of instructional time to science each week are more likely to implement inquiry-based teaching, a best practice among science and ...
111Mar. 15, 2021 - Increased internet-access spending by Texas public schools improved academic performance but also led to more disciplinary problems among students, a study of 9,000 schools ...
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115### [Stimulus Relief Funds Increase Social Distancing to Stop Spread of COVID-19](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201201153431.htm)
115### [Researchers Discover That Privacy-Preserving Tools Leave Private Data Anything but](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210303161648.htm)
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117Dec. 3, 2020 - New research suggests that that those suffering from economic hardships are less likely comply with new stay-at-home orders; however, these same U.S. residents would be more likely to adhere to the ...
117Mar. 3, 2021 - Researchers explored whether private data could still be recovered from images that had been 'sanitized'' by such deep-learning discriminators as privacy protecting GANs ...
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121Tuesday, May 18, 2021
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123- [How a Virtual Program May Help Kids Get Ready for Kindergarten](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210518114907.htm)
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125Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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127- [Youths With Diverse Gender Identities Bullied Up to Three Times More Than Peers, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210512132910.htm)
128- [Pandemic Screen Time Tops 6 Hours a Day for Some Kindergartners](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210512083440.htm)
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130Tuesday, May 11, 2021
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132- [Top Educational Apps for Children Might Not Be as Beneficial as Promised](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210510143915.htm)
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134Monday, May 10, 2021
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136- [Even When They Include Them, Gifted Programs Aren't Serving Black or Low-Income Kids, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210510161515.htm)
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138Thursday, May 6, 2021
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140- [Online Learning Doesn't Improve Student Sleep Habits, Research Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210506163618.htm)
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142Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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144- [New Guidelines for Schools Recommend Against Food Bans](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505075043.htm)
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146Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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148- [New Approaches for Teaching Science Remotely Arise from the COVID-19 Crisis](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210427110657.htm)
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150Tuesday, April 20, 2021
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152- [Individualized Training Is Key for Autistic Adolescents Learning to Drive](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210420092849.htm)
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154Monday, April 19, 2021
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156- [Researchers Use AI to Empower Environmental Regulators](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210419182101.htm)
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158Thursday, April 15, 2021
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160- [Reliable COVID-19 Short-Term Forecasting](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210415170735.htm)
161- [Objective Analysis of Stress in the Classroom](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210415114105.htm)
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163Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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165- [Lower COVID-19 Rates Seen in U.S. States With Higher Adherence to Mask Wearing](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210414154949.htm)
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121167Monday, April 12, 2021
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123169- [COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Linked With Six Unhealthy Eating Behaviors](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210412114740.htm)
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125171Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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166212Tuesday, January 19, 2021
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168214- [College Classrooms Are Still Chilly for Women, as Men Speak More, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210119114452.htm)
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216Monday, January 18, 2021
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218- [Successive Governments' Approach to Obesity Policies Has Destined Them to Fail](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210118225713.htm)
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170220Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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172222- [College Campuses Are COVID-19 Superspreaders, New Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210113090925.htm)
223- [Colleges Can Prevent 96 Percent of COVID-19 Infections With Common Measures, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210113090906.htm)
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174225Monday, December 21, 2020
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176227- [Modeling Study Suggests Mitigation Efforts Can Prevent Most College Campus COVID-19 Cases](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221160406.htm)
177228- [California Lockdown Suppressed Excess Pandemic Deaths](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221134154.htm)
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184235Thursday, December 3, 2020
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186237- [Impactful Science Teaching Requires Minimum Five Hours Instruction Weekly](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201203133918.htm)
187238- [Stimulus Relief Funds Increase Social Distancing to Stop Spread of COVID-19](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201201153431.htm)
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240Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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242- [Football-Loving States Slow to Enact Youth Concussion Laws](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201201084752.htm)
243- [Air Pollution Spikes Linked to Lower Test Scores for Salt Lake County Third Graders](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201201103622.htm)
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189245Monday, November 30, 2020
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247- [Big Data Saves Lives, and Patient Safeguards Are Needed](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130131419.htm)
191248- [Rethink COVID-19 Infection Control to Keep Primary Schools Open This Winter, Governments Urged](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130113548.htm)
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193250Thursday, November 19, 2020
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195252- [Loneliness in Youth Could Impact Mental Health Over the Long Term](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201119124626.htm)
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204261- [Remote Learning Adds Pressure for Teachers Who Work Second Shift as Mothers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201109124728.htm)
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206263Friday, November 6, 2020
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267Thursday, November 5, 2020
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269- [Poor Nutrition in School Years May Have Created 20 Cm Height Gap Across Nations](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201105183840.htm)
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210271Monday, November 2, 2020
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212273- [Starting Kindergarten on the Right Foot](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201102072909.htm)
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214275Monday, October 26, 2020
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368429- [Link Between Education, Income Inequality Has Existed for a Century](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200727194705.htm)
369430- [Invisible Barriers Cut Down on Cheating](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200727154208.htm)
370431- [COVID-19 Increased Anxiety, Depression for Already Stressed College Students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200727114731.htm)
371432- [Teen Museum Educators Increase Engagement, Learning, in Tween Visitors](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200727114708.htm)
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373Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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375- [Research Explores the Link Between Wages, School and Cognitive Ability in South Africa](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200722163231.htm)
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377Monday, July 20, 2020
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379- [Legal Marijuana May Be Slowing Reductions in Teen Marijuana Use](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200720164526.htm)
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381Thursday, July 16, 2020
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383- [States Slow to Implement Stay-at-Home Orders Saw Higher Rates of COVID-19 Deaths](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200715123131.htm)
384- [Expand School Digital Literacy Lessons to Cover Health Technologies Used by Young People](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200716101615.htm)
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386Wednesday, July 15, 2020
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388- [Exercise in a First-Year Writing Course Increases Retention at Broad-Access Universities](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200715142258.htm)
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390Friday, July 10, 2020
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392- [Children Rarely Transmit COVID-19, Doctors Write in New Commentary](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200710100934.htm)
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394Thursday, July 9, 2020
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396- [Science Education Community Should Withdraw from International Tests, Experts Urge](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200709150121.htm)
397- [Study: More Than Half of US Students Experience Summer Learning Losses Five Years in a Row](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200709135545.htm)
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399Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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401- [Kindness Researcher Challenges the Notion of Mean Teens](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200708105933.htm)
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403Thursday, July 2, 2020
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405- [Prospective Teachers Misperceive Black Children as Angry](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200702113650.htm)
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407Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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409- [School Absenteeism Has Surprising Consequences for Adults](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200701084757.htm)
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411Monday, June 29, 2020
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413- [Even When Women Outnumber Men, Gender Bias Persists Among Science Undergrads](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629164147.htm)
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415Thursday, June 25, 2020
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417- [Children of Academics Exhibit More Stress](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625144820.htm)
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419Tuesday, June 23, 2020
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421- [Cyberbullying Linked to Post Traumatic Stress for Victims and Perpetrators](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200623185242.htm)
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423Thursday, June 18, 2020
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425- [Achievement Isn't Why More Men Are Majoring in Physics, Engineering and Computer Science](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200618150239.htm)
426- [Using LEGO to Test Children's Ability to Visualize and Rotate 3D Shapes in Space](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200618102420.htm)
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428Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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430- [Classes Set by Ability Are Hitting Children's Self-Confidence](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200616200157.htm)
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432Monday, June 15, 2020
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434- [No Single Solution Helps All Students Complete MOOCs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200615152116.htm)
435- [COVID-19 Pandemic Could Decimate Outdoor Environmental, Science Education Programs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200615140919.htm)