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Being in a class with high achievers improves students’ test scores. We tried to find out why

Being in a class with high achievers improves students’ test scores. We tried to find out why

Who you go to school with matters. Almost all of us, as children or parents of children, have felt the influence of good, and bad, classmates at school. There is a large body of research showing better peers can help increase a child’s test scores. But much less is known about how these peer effects actually take place between […] … learn more→

Making the grade: Why high achievers require competition

Making the grade: Why high achievers require competition

Rodney King famously asked why we can’t all just get along. Believe it or not, there may be some good evolutionary and biological reasons for that. It might well be that getting along is not the best way for humans to progress. There is also a difference between getting along and being without conflict and […] … learn more→