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Why girls need more outdoor playtime

Amanda Ruggeri / 29 September 2025
Articles Society Development Play Education systems
A girl is climbing a tree.

The developmental psychologist improving early learning through classroom relationships

Aisha Schnellmann / 25 September 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Development Learning environments Education systems
A researcher blows on a dandelion, and children ride the seeds through the sky.

How schools can adapt to teens’ sleep rhythms 

Chiara Staub, Alessia Colacino, Sarah Zurmühle, David Bürgin / 23 September 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development Learning environments Education policy
A boy is asleep on a school bus.

How diversity can succeed in schools

Gülseli Baysu, Aileen Edele, Linda Juang, Maja K. Schachner / 22 September 2025
Videos Learning & Education Development Diversity
Diverse students are doing an activity in a classroom.

Rewiring the Brain: Reading, AI and the Science of Literacy

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 September 2025
Podcasts Technology Development Reading and writing 21st century skills
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Why children’s language and emotion regulation go hand in hand

Pilar Alamos and Catalina Lecaros / 16 September 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development Language
Two children are playing in a sandbox.

The good and bad of kids’ boredom

Meeri Kim / 15 September 2025
Articles Development Psychology Education systems
A child is bored and lying on the floor.

How do we know what works in education? 

Astrid E. J. Bowen and Jo Van Herwegen / 11 September 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development Education policy
Three teachers are having a discussion.

Why children need creativity

Eva Amsen / 8 September 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development 21st century skills
A teacher is sitting with two children doing a creative project.

The psychologist connecting the dots between spatial thinking and STEM learning  

Aisha Schnellmann / 4 September 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Development STEM 21st century skills
Children raise their hands to the teacher in a maths class.

Why can’t we remember our early childhoods?

Meeri Kim / 2 September 2025
Articles Development Psychology
A small child plays with a toy train.

What affects children’s motivation to work hard?

Bethany Lassetter and Andrei Cimpian / 1 September 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development STEM Psychology
Children learn in a science class.

Explore the latest news, research and opinions about child development and learning

Learning to learn in kindergarten

Ellis Stevelink and Mélanie Maximino-Pinheiro  / 21 October 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development Teaching methods Education systems
A child holds a model of a brain.

How movement helps children learn

Melissa Hogenboom / 20 October 2025
Articles Development Play Individual differences
A group of children dance.

The power of parents in helping kids beat academic stress 

Anika Stark, Claudia Woodtli, Melina Pozzy, Noemi Lutz, David Bürgin / 30 September 2025
Articles Development Parenting and childcare Education systems
A mother and daughter are sitting together having a conversation.
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Teen mental health and technology

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 16 October 2025
Podcasts Technology Development Technology and society Mental health
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Can conversational AI support children’s wellbeing?

Natalia Kucirkova, Alexis Hiniker, Sho Tsuji, Robert Wolfe, Aayushi Dangol, Megumi Ishikawa / 13 October 2025
Opinions Technology Development Education technology
A child presses on a smart speaker.

Body image struggles affect boys too 

Jessica Felder, Tamesha Dirr, Livia von Siebenthal, Yaëlle Eschmann, David Bürgin / 7 October 2025
Articles Society Development Psychology Individual differences
A boy looks at his phone.
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The cognitive neuroscientist examining how developing brains respond to social experiences 

Aisha Schnellmann / 9 October 2025
Interviews Development Neuroscience 21st century skills
A child and a woman water growing neurons that look like plants.

The trouble with AI detectors in academic settings

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 2 October 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology
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Why girls need more outdoor playtime

Amanda Ruggeri / 29 September 2025
Articles Society Development Play Education systems
A girl is climbing a tree.
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