This study explores what pre-service teachers from India and Sweden notice in a Japanese classroom video. The findings reveal how familiarity with mathematical procedures supports detailed noticing of mathematics discourse. The unfamiliar teaching practices prompted discussions and offers learning opportunities. To incorporate culturally contrasting examples in mathematics teacher education has the potential to deepen teachers’ reflections on teaching and contribute context-sensitive awareness.

A new study by USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology researchers shows that Americans with less education are aging faster than their peers with more schooling, and the gap has grown over the last 30 years.

The study examined “biological aging,” which goes deeper than simply counting birthdays. Biological aging measures how the body is changing over time, including how well organs and systems are working.

Breast cancer patients who participated in a remote weight loss intervention program lost an average of 4.7 percent of their baseline body weight after one year, while those in the education only control group gained an average 1 percent of their baseline weight, according to a new report from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators. The findings from the Breast Cancer Weight Loss (BWEL) clinical trial set the stage for ongoing research to determine if weight loss following breast cancer treatment can reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and extend survival.

One reason why so many schools in the United States struggle to provide a high-quality education is that their core constituents – students and parents – have the least say in how they’re run. That’s the argument made by Vladimir Kogan, a political science professor at The Ohio State University, in his new book “No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids.”