Education & Society

Florida State researchers work to boost low-performing high schools

Published: July 2, 2010 | 12:00 pm

High schools across the nation have long struggled to improve student achievement and reduce dropout rates. While reforms enacted over […]

Published: June 29, 2010 | 12:00 pm

T-shirts? Check. Logo? Check. Theme song? Check. Touring schedule? Check. Another rock band launching a summer tour? Not quite. Replace […]

Published: June 28, 2010 | 12:00 pm

More than a dozen Florida State University reading experts have been awarded a total of $26 million to help solve […]

Published: May 12, 2010 | 2:13 pm

A 40-school study called Classroom SCERTS® Intervention (CSI) is under way at The Florida State University to measure the effectiveness […]

Published: April 30, 2010 | 1:00 pm

A psychology professor who is perhaps the nation’s leading expert on the causes and prevention of suicide and who has […]

Published: April 22, 2010 | 12:00 pm

When it comes to early reading, a bad teacher can prevent children from reaching their full potential. That’s the finding […]

Published: March 17, 2010 | 12:00 pm

The nation’s Board on Human Sciences (BoHS) has elected a new chairwoman. She is Professor Billie J. Collier, dean of […]

Published: February 18, 2010 | 12:00 pm

Barbara Foorman, the Francis Eppes Professor in the Florida State University College of Education and director of the university’s Florida […]

Published: January 27, 2010 | 12:33 pm

Stephanie Al Otaiba, an associate professor in the Florida State University School of Teacher Education and researcher with the university’s […]

Published: November 18, 2009 | 12:00 am

Professor Robert Reiser and the Instructional Systems program at The Florida State University were recently ranked among those authors and […]

Published: August 10, 2009 | 12:00 am

A researcher at The Florida State University has been awarded a $5 million, five-year federal grant to train doctoral students […]

Published: July 30, 2009 | 12:00 am

Studies have shown that digital resources — video clips, audio, simulations and images — improve student learning in science and […]