Education And Psychology

An extensive new study by two Vanderbilt University researchers challenges common assumptions about gun violence and mental illness that often emerge in the aftermath of mass shootings. Read More

The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network is demonstrating progress, according to a Vanderbilt research study. Read More

Teaching has turned into a “team sport” at Bailey STEM Magnet Middle School, thanks to a partnership with Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development. Read More

New Vanderbilt research shows that gender plays a role in how once super-smart teens define success in mid-life. Read More

Mary Louise “M.L.” Hemmeter has received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award from the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children. Read More

Vanderbilt has received $15 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to support the development of special education programs and a national center. Read More

A child’s ability to distinguish musical rhythm is related to his or her capacity for understanding grammar, according to a recent study from a researcher at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Read More

Trans-institutional neuroimaging research at Vanderbilt finds that the brain may be structured differently in children with dyslexia. Read More

Cognitive psychology is a challenging field. But just like her childhood math homework, Peabody College's Lisa Fazio sees her research as an exercise in fun. Read More

A key to successfully launching a charter school is clear communication about the need and purpose for the new school, according to a report from researchers at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. Read More

When Anita Disney was growing up in Adelaide, Australia, friends and family assumed she would follow her biologist father into science. But she wasn't hooked until she took a biological psychology course in college. Read More

A teacher collaboration model used in Shanghai is proving useful to Tennessee teachers. Read More

Support for Common Core has declined among Tennessee teachers over the past year, according to the results of a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

A collaboration between Peabody College and the Nashville Public Library has created a new public library makerspace for area teens called Studio NPL. Read More

New website outlines ways principals can maximize data for talent management decisions. Read More

Psychologist Alex Maier has been selected to receive the Society for Neuroscience’s Career Development Award for 2014. Read More

Autism Speaks is renewing Vanderbilt University as an Autism Treatment Network (ATN) site with a three-year, $420,000 grant. Read More

Vanderbilt's Stella Flores will join colleagues in a congressional briefing on recent proposed legislation. Read More

An international expert on slavery and emancipation during the 18th and 19th centuries was awarded the prestigious Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research during Vanderbilt University’s Fall Faculty Assembly. Read More

The odds that a person who suffers from severe, nonchronic depression will recover improve substantially when treated by drugs and therapy. Read More