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School Phone Bans and Student Mental Health: A New Perspective

In recent years, schools across the globe have been implementing bans on cell phone use as a strategy to enhance learning environments. While these bans have been hailed as beneficial in reducing distractions and fostering better classroom engagement, new research sheds light on the unintended consequences that these policies might have on student mental health. […]

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Suprise? Teachers Are the Essential for Kids’ Mental Health

Here’s a fact that stops you in your tracks: youth unemployment worldwide is more than twice the adult rate That might sound like a problem for college graduates, but the truth is, the seeds of this crisis are planted much earlier—in middle and high school classrooms where kids wrestle with stress, identity, and their sense […]

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Kids’ Minds Are Bigger Than We Think

A third grader, usually restless, sits utterly still after a mindfulness exercise. For five minutes, she’s calm, present, and—strangely—radiant. The teacher whispers afterward, “It’s like she tapped into something deeper than herself.” Moments like this can feel magical, but they’re also backed by a growing body of science. Recent psychology research argues that consciousness isn’t […]

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Why Early Language Support Transforms Kids’ Futures

Here’s a fact that might make you stop: two kids can enter kindergarten with the same spark in their eyes, the same love of stories, the same playful curiosity—yet by 5th grade, one is thriving while the other is falling behind. Why? Because of the invisible timing of a school label: English Learner. A 13-year […]

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The Rise of AI in Education

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a concept from science fiction; it’s now being integrated into classrooms across the country. AI is assisting teachers in customizing lessons and supporting students’ emotional well-being. As parents, you may naturally wonder what this means for your child. This week, we are exploring how AI is being utilized in school […]

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Is Exeter School District that Different from our Neighbors?

In our last post, we looked at what Exeter Township students shared about their post-graduation plans. A neighbor then asked how Exeter compares to nearby districts. While we couldn’t get as granular, since not all schools post this data on social media, we turned to publicly available data on the PA’s Future Ready site to examine school-level […]

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The Post-Graduation Shift: Surprising Trends Among Exeter’s Seniors

Last year, I took a deep dive into where Exeter High School grads, the place where I live, were headed after graduation over at my other website. As a (failed) school board candidate with a not-so-failed obsession with youth development, I decided to sift through the school’s Facebook announcements and actually code every student’s post-grad […]

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