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education

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
Peter Kannam
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
Classroom
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
Carl Wieman
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
Illustration of pencils at a starting line
Report: Support lacking for low-income, high-ability students
Published April 4, 2018
Johns Hopkins researchers issue report card for states on gifted education
Robert Slavin and Jonathan Plucker
Two education scholars recognized
Published Jan 11, 2018
Robert Slavin, Jonathan Plucker included on list of 200 whose work is shaping U.S. educational policy, practice
A little girl wearing safety goggles inspects a model of a molecule
Education
Helping gifted students thrive
Published Jan 5, 2018
In NPR podcast, Jonathan Plucker discusses how to help bright kids make the most of their academic abilities