Education And Psychology

A new study finds that a cognitive-behavioral prevention program yielded sustained positive effects for youth at risk for depression. Read More

Carolyn Heinrich has broad experience working with teams on a variety of issues, from education, labor force development and social welfare policy to program evaluation and public and performance management. Read More

When faced with ambiguous visual information, it is the visual processing areas of the brain that choose between the competing impressions, not the higher levels of the brain as previously thought. Read More

Understanding how state school systems can best use teacher evaluation data to drive instructional improvement is the focus of a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

New analysis shows that the scientific literature paints an overly rosy picture of the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression comparable to the bias previously found in reports of treatments with antidepressant drugs. Read More

A Vanderbilt study is showing that early intervention may be the key to stopping the depression cycle in families. Read More

The National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools at Vanderbilt Peabody College will host its second national conference at the Music City Center. Read More

A coherent vision and consistent implementation is needed to bolster the power of pre-K. Read More

A panel discussion Sept. 24 delved into the challenges Tennessee faces in "scaling up" quality pre-k. Read More

A panel discussion will continue the discourse on prekindergarten issues facing policymakers. Read More

New work by researchers at Vanderbilt University and Harvard University confirms that a specific area of the brain, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, is crucial to punishment decisions. Read More

The issues surrounding prekindergarten expansion in Tennessee and other states is the subject of a roundtable discussion among education researchers and practitioners to be held Sept. 24 at the Nashville Public Library's main branch downtown. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are participating in a national study to compare the health benefits and safety of three main methods of bariatric, or weight-loss surgery. Read More

A new study evaluated a group of middle-schoolers to see which incentives were more effective in improving attendance in after-school tutoring program. Read More

Housing vouchers work best, but landlords often are unwilling to accept them in Nashville's strong rental market. Read More

The annual educator survey shares new insights on how Tennessee teachers feel about their work as educators. Read More

Black faculty members are expected to be “entertaining” when presenting academic research, according to a new study that traces modern day racial microagressions to past objectification of blacks. Read More

Nashville's homeless services community is invited to participate in a discussion of important new findings that could have policy implications close to home. Read More

Vanderbilt University researcher Marybeth Shinn has studied homelessness interventions and policy for more than 30 years. Read More

Donna Y. Ford discusses a new report that challenges the long-held notion that minorities are overrepresented in special education. Read More