Southern California's housing affordability crisis has escalated into a contentious battle between and within different government levels. A study by Alejandra Reyes, UC Irvine assistant professor of urban planning and public policy, published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER) examines the complex governance interplay, focusing on Orange County as a microcosm of the broader housing debate in California. 

Whole-class mental health sessions in schools have a small but significant effect in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms, according to new analysis led by researchers at UCL (University College London) and Anna Freud.

Min-Young Kim of the University of Kansas conducted a study in which she observed how an 8th grade English language arts class studied a poem. By using practices like "languaging," thinking aloud and holding students accountable for how they thought about material, the researcher found the class and teacher worked together to form their own social constructions of thinking. The findings show students are not always simply recipients of information from teachers, but engage more depply when they contribute on how a class thinks about subject matter.

In an increasingly digitized and connected environment, the demand for computer programmers continues to grow and so does the need for training to produce new coding specialists. Often, they are professionals from other sectors who want to switch career path. In these cases, the acquisition of computational thinking and programming skills is of key importance for them to succeed in this process. A study promoted by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has identified a new teaching resource that can help them achieve this goal: playing certain video games that are available to everyone for pure entertainment.