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education

Danna Thomas and a student

Education

Support for stressed-out teachers

Published Spring 2019

Danna Thomas, founder of Happy Teacher Revolution, believes that fortifying teachers' emotional and mental well-being can help support kids / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Images of plant and animal cells drawn by students

Education

Singing for science

Published March 6, 2019

School of Education study suggests that incorporating arts into the classroom can help students retain more of what they learn

School bus in the city

Sociology

Dangerous school commutes linked to absenteeism

Published Feb 13, 2019

Students whose routes to school pass through areas with high rates of violent crime are shown to have increased absenteeism and lower test scores, graduation rates

Girls attend school in Afghanistan

Population health

In Afghanistan, positive shifts in social attitudes

Published Dec 19, 2018

Since the fall of the Taliban in 2002, parents and children report higher expectations of attaining education and delaying marriage

Student writing on a whiteboard

Economics

Black students who have a black teacher more likely to go to college

Published Nov 12, 2018

Positive outcomes sparked by same-race role models can last into adulthood and potentially shrink the educational attainment gap, study finds

Education

Peter Kannam named principal of Henderson-Hopkins

Published July 26, 2018

An educator with 25 years of experience, Kannam will lead the Baltimore City-Johns Hopkins partnership school

Children play with water balloons

Education

Henderson-Hopkins ends school year with a splash

Published July 16, 2018

Family Fun Day brings families, community, and teachers to the Henderson-Hopkins School

Urban education

Ripple effect of neighborhood violence

Published June 12, 2018

Study shows how urban violence and school choice programs contribute to negative learning outcomes for students in Chicago

A black and white photo of a group of students on steps

Center for Talented Youth

Meeting of the minds

Published May 8, 2018

Experts in gifted education discuss the groundbreaking research started at Hopkins in the 1960s and continuing in many forms today

Undergraduate education

Nobel laureate touts 'active' science learning

Published April 12, 2018

Stanford physicist Carl Wieman speaks at event hosted by Second Commission on Undergraduate Education