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Parents turn to private "pods" to school children

On Marketplace, Matthew Kraft addresses the growing phenomenon of parents hiring private educators to form "pods" for their children to split cost and burden of homeschooling.
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In collaboration with the student teams enrolled in her "Family Engagement in Education" course, Yoko Yamamoto launched a new website aimed at providing resources and information to local Providence families and educators.
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A new working paper by Associate Professor Matthew Kraft reveals how external interruptions to classrooms affects instructional time and suggests multiple approaches to reduce these interruptions.
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Former Visiting Assistant Professor Mona Abo-Zena recently co-edited a special issue of the journal "Research in Human Development." Much of the work that appears in the journal began while visiting the Education Department.
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