(University of Kansas) Researchers at the University of Kansas' Life Span Institute and Center for Research on Learning will use a $3.2 million grant from the US Department of Education to randomly test and combine two proven programs that help students with disabilities realize the importance of education, set goals for their lives and learn the skills to achieve those goals.

(Montana State University) Montana State University's Dave McWethy is the lead author on a paper published in the journal Nature Sustainability that outlines best practices for social and ecological resilience in a Western landscape where wildfires are becoming inevitable.

(Society for Neuroscience) The most engaging educational videos are correlated with similar brain activity across learners, according to research in young adults recently published in eNeuro.

(University of York) University of York-led study has examined genetic variants in six genes that are thought to contribute to language development in children. They found that nearly half of the genetic variants which contribute to children's language were also associated with poor mental health.

(Society for Personality and Social Psychology) If someone is trying to persuade or influence others, should they use a story or stick to the facts? According to research from social psychologists at Northwestern University, stories can increase the persuasiveness of weak facts, but actually decrease the persuasiveness of strong facts.

Students locked out of their school's computer systems. Educators unable to get access to some students' records. Parents receiving emails asking that they return their children's laptops.

With little research to guide them and a growing sense of urgency, schools are working to create learning environments for students in stress. Read what they're doing.

When experts talk about trauma, they mean something more than the low-level stressors children experience from watching a scary movie or fighting with a friend.

In disaster-ridden Houston, an online simulation trains teachers to recognize and respond to signs of trauma in students.

The latest school safety figures from the U.S. Department of Education point to steady increases in the number of schools with school resource officers on campus, as well as a recent uptick in "serious violence."