Cognitive Development High School Study 
k12 Digest
JULY 24, 2025
Delaying exposure to chemistry concepts until high school or college exacerbates the problem, as it compresses years of conceptual development into a single academic year, often resulting in cognitive overload and high attrition. Cognitive development: The learning brain. Psychology Press.
Edsurge
JANUARY 25, 2023
A University of Missouri study found that students who feel their teachers care about them also report receiving better instruction. Researchers say that positive teacher-student relationships tend to start declining after first grade, with the lowest drop in middle school, before evening out in high school.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Research studies don’t provide strong evidence that synchronous learning universally leads to better student engagement and learning outcomes than asynchronous learning or vice versa. In particular, the age and cognitive development of your students has a profound impact on their ability to succeed in different online learning environments.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
Our definition of whole child centers on 6 key domains that matter deeply for every individual’s development and success: academic development, social emotional development, identity development, physical health and mental health. math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art).
Edsurge
MARCH 3, 2025
A study published in Developmental Psychology found that early math skills at kindergarten entry are among the most significant predictors of later academic achievement , even more so than early reading skills. These include number recognition, counting, basic operations (addition and subtraction), spatial awareness and patterns.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
The health crisis exacerbated the high rate of turnover that already plagued the early childhood education industry. It also led to decreased higher ed enrollments, which means fewer students are studying in some college schools and departments of education.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 9, 2018
Seventy-four percent of teachers from high-SES districts and 64 percent from low-SES districts reported their schools had cut the amount of time scheduled for child-directed activities in recent years. . It also seems to be a harsh indictment of school leaders’ inability to enact research-based (or even common sense) best practices.
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