Human breast milk dynamically adapts to meet the needs of healthy neurodevelopment. While a great deal of research has examined the relationship between breastfeeding, infant cognitive development and IQ, findings are inconclusive when potential confounders are adjusted for. This raises questions about the various ways in which breastfeeding and…

While researchers and educators have begun to acknowledge the needs of trans students and trans educators, families with trans parents remain illegible in their children's schools. Drawing on photo-elicitation interview data, we examine early childhood teachers' reactions to pictures of diverse families. Most cisgender teachers displayed anxiety…

Parent and caregiver involvement in homework can be critical to student success, yet many families face barriers such as limited time and content knowledge. We examine two approaches to involving caregivers in homework that students complete with tutoring systems for middle school mathematics. The first, an intelligent caregiver support module,…

This article examines the implementation of a holistic, student-centered framework known as TEAM Student at Lee Roy Myers Middle School. Through intentional relationship-building, mentorship, family engagement, and targeted academic support, the school has increased student success and community involvement. The model's effectiveness is…

Mobile health (mHealth; online phone or tablet-based) screening tools for autism are being increasingly used by parents, health care, and educational providers. However, it is unclear whether mHealth autism screening will improve the inequalities in autism or further help individuals already advantaged in autism care. To try to improve equity in…

Evidence of a motherhood penalty and fatherhood premium has been found in academia regarding pay and publication rates. This research sought to determine if this trend also applied to students' perceptions of their professors via a 2 (professor: male, female) × 3 (reason: none, personally sick, child sick) × 3 (time: cancel once, cancel a second…

Background: The home learning environment (HLE) is central to children's development. Activities in the HLE are assumed to mediate the effects of distal factors such as family socio-economic status (SES) and parental beliefs and attitudes on children's development. However, little is known about the science-specific HLE and the relationship…

This systematic literature review analysed 40 studies published between January 2002 and April 2025, focusing on the mathematics experiences of students, parents, and teachers in multicultural classrooms. Using Bourdieu's concepts of field, habitus, and cultural capital, the review identified five key themes: relationships, parental involvement,…

Violence against children is a pervasive, global problem. Child sexual abuse (CSA), a specific type of adverse childhood experience (ACE), affects children across all racial and socio-economic backgrounds. CSA is associated with the potential for serious and long-term outcomes. Thus, as part of a trauma-informed approach, schools necessitate…

Despite girls enjoying and being good at physics, the proportion of girls studying physics and going into physics related careers still lags behind that of boys. A large volume of research exists on the factors related to the uptake of girls into physics, however little research looks at the link between parents and their child's physics uptake.…

This article addresses how elementary school teachers approach "Bildung" when planning and monitoring the in-school- and at-home work of 6- and 9-year-old pupils. By examining a national sample of 204 weekly work plans designed by teachers in Norwegian schools, we investigate whether and how curriculum practices acknowledge principles of…

Nomophobia, a type of technological addiction defined as the fear of being deprived of a smartphone, is quite prevalent in young individuals with the widespread use of mobile phones. This study aims to determine the nomophobia level of secondary school 8th-grade students. The effect of nomophobia on academic achievement was investigated by…

Boy participation in public school choirs is disproportionately low compared to that of girls in the United States (Elpus, 2015; Elpus & Abril, 2011; Freer 2007, 2010). Participation is even lower for African American boys. Few studies have examined the causes and perceptions of African American boys regarding their participation in elementary…

This paper reports on a study in which we interviewed eleven student teachers who were mothers. We wanted to understand the challenges the women faced in combining Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and motherhood, and about the factors that sustained them through the course. Participants faced practical and emotional challenges, including financial…

This article seeks to connect ethnographic findings from a study on parenting, childcare and early childhood in Chile's Mapuche communities with facets of the LOPI model. From Facet 1, we observe that children are included in social situations from an early stage, which empowers them to learn how to interact through such instances as greeting…