For more than a decade, neuroscientists have known that stress impairs memory performance—an effect likely due to the influence of stress-related hormones. A recent article in Science shows that a ...

EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the ...

FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, sixth grade students use a practice session to prepare for a standards test. In Texas, students will move to a fully online STAAR standardized testing format.

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