Education And Psychology

The Tennessee Education Research Alliance will be rolled out at an Oct. 20 reception. Read More

Vanderbilt's Anjali Forber-Pratt has been awarded a grant to evaluate and bolster spinal cord injury resources. Read More

Alternatively certified teachers are more likely to leave the profession than traditionally certified teachers, according to a new study. Read More

Preschoolers are expelled for behavior problems at three times the rate of school-age children. Read More

The three-year experiment is a partnership with Chelmsford, Massachusetts, public schools. Read More

Professor of Psychology Gordon Logan is co-author of a paper on deception and lying that has received the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize for psychology. Read More

Stanford University's Sean Reardon will discuss results from his new study, which analyzed racial and ethnic achievement gaps in several hundred metropolitan areas and several thousand school districts in the United States. Read More

The University Council for Educational Administration has selected Vanderbilt researcher Ellen Goldring to receive its prestigious Roald F. Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016. Read More

Vanderbilt's Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth is featured in the September issue of the prestigious scientific journal "Nature." Read More

Odd of foreclosure were 42 percent lower among those who completed the homebuyer class. Read More

Researchers found 28 distinct contributions that IES grants have made to K-12 math teaching and learning. Read More

New research from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College looks at the constraints of a popular teaching practice. Read More

Michelle Reising Scobey, assistant professor of the practice and co-director of the M.Ed. clinical psychological assessment program at Peabody College, has been given an Emerging Leader award by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Young Professionals Network of Nashville. Read More

Associate Professor of Psychology Bunmi Olatunji is one of 45 members elevated this year to the status of fellow by the Association for Psychological Science. Read More

High school gay-straight alliances promote a culture of tolerance that benefits students, Peabody researchers have found. Read More

Stimulating the brain with a mild electrical current can temporarily sharpen vision without glasses or contacts, Vanderbilt University researchers have found. (But please don't try this at home.) Read More

Phil Schoggen, former psychology chair at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College, dies at age 92. Read More

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam met with aspiring principals at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College to talk about what makes an effective leader. Read More

Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Trueblood is one of four young scientists who have made significant contributions to psychological science chosen by the Psychonomic Society to receive its 2016 Early Career Award. Read More

Students who score extremely high on standardized tests as adolescents often become high achievers in adulthood, a new study has confirmed. Read More