It's who you know: a review of peer networks and academic achievement in schools.

Cultivating equitable academic achievement and enhancing academic functioning for youth is widely seen as one of the main missions of the public education system in the US, but educators may be overlooking critical factors for fully realizing this collective mission. This paper explores the emergent evidence on the impact of friendship and peer social networks on academic achievement and outcomes for students in K-12 public schools in the United States. In total, nine studies have been reviewed and presented.

A case study on breastfeeding education in Lebanon's public medical school: exploring the potential role of social networks in medical education.

Background: Limited knowledge, negative beliefs, and lack of sufficient breastfeeding promotion and support by physicians contribute to global suboptimal breastfeeding rates. Formal medical education is well-known to influence future physicians' knowledge, beliefs, and medical practice. However, less understood is the influence of social networks and processes on the exchange and diffusion of knowledge and practices related to breastfeeding.