- November 27, 2025
School Cellphone Bans Can Help Kids Learn — But Black Students Suspended at Higher Rates
The policy also came with a troubling side effect. The cellphone bans led to a significant increase in student suspensions in the first year, especially
If You Want Students to Learn, Don’t Tell Them ‘Pay Attention!’ Try This Instead
The more you know about a subject, the easier it is to build upon it and learn more about it, so there is a reciprocal
How Outreach, Support and Interventions Helped Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Some States
Multiple data analyses have shown the rates of chronic absenteeism skyrocketed during the pandemic, from 15% in 2019 to 28% in 2022 according to one
Does Having a Male Teacher Make a Difference? Not as Much as Some Think
Middle and high school students might see more benefits. Earlier research is mixed and inconclusive. A 2007 analysis by Stanford professor Thomas Dee found academic
Deborah Farmer Kris: How Awe Helps Us Flourish
Episode Transcript Ki Sung: Welcome to the MindShift Podcast where we explore the future of learning and how we raise our kids. I’m Ki Sung.
Advocates Warn of Risks to Higher Ed Data if Education Department is Shuttered
“If those data are split across multiple federal agencies,” Cheng said, “there would likely be more bureaucratic hurdles required to combine the data.” Information sharing
As Teens Are Targeted by Online Gambling, What’s the Role of Loneliness and Schools?
“We avoided discussion of myths vs facts,” Rogers explained, because research shows that students remember myths and confuse them with facts. Pulling from the failures
Public Workers Could Be Denied Loan Forgiveness if Cities Defy Trump, Lawsuit Alleges
The complaint argues the rule is “an attempt to target organizations and jurisdictions whose missions and policies do not align with [the Trump administration’s] political
Lockdown Drills Are a Fact of Life in U.S. Schools. What Does That Mean for Students?
The radio version of this story was edited by Adam Bearne. Transcript: LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Since the start of the school year in this country,
Is Performing Emotions Online Making It All Meaningless?
That seems easy enough, but given the abundance of crisis managers and image consultants, and the financial gains from having clout and virality, how do
