7 Insights About Chronic Absenteeism, a New Normal for American Schools
“Chronic absenteeism affects disadvantaged students more often, but the rise in chronic absenteeism was an unfortunate tide where all boats
How Prepared are ‘COVID Kindergartners’ for School?
“Just being in utero during a highly stressful time had some developmental effects on infants,” Dani Dumitriu, a pediatrician and
Tutoring Was Supposed to Save American Kids After the Pandemic. The Results? ‘Sobering’
Their preliminary results were “sobering,” according to a June report by the University of Chicago Education Lab and MDRC, a
Friendship Break Ups Can Be Devastating for Tweens. Here’s How Adults Can Help
Friendship is a skill set, according to Denworth, and kids don’t automatically arrive with all the tools they need. A
These Programs Help Poor Students with College. Trump Wants to Pull the Funding
But Griffith’s stepsister had introduced her to a federal program called Upward Bound. It places high school students in college
Inaccurate, Impossible: Experts Knock New Trump Plan to Collect College Admissions Data
“You’ve got this effort to add these elements without a mechanism with which to vet the new variables, as well
Why a Good Pep Talk Doesn’t Always Need to Include Advice
“Make sure you’re listening to what they need and tailoring the pep talk to the specific anxiety they have,” Linden
When Teachers Learn a Complete View of Asian American History, Students Benefit
Listen to the latest episode of the MindShift podcast to learn about how students are learning about the broader contributions
How Schools are Countering Absenteeism with Food, Rides and Individual Notes
Reilly managed to slash his chronic absenteeism rate in half to 25 percent this past 2024-25 year. That’s still high.
So Long, Study Guides? The AI Industry Is Going After Students
“We were trying to be everything to every student in a pre-AI world,” Chegg CEO Nathan Schultz says. Several generative