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Development

Kids, Screens, and ADHD: What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know

You’ve seen it. A toddler taps their way through a cartoon marathon before they can even say full sentences. A preschooler sits mesmerized in front of a “learning” app while dinner gets made. It’s easy. It’s convenient. But here’s the jaw-dropper: a massive study just found that even “educational” videos—yes, the ones we thought were […]

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Development

What Schools in War Zones Teach Us About Kids’ Health Everywhere

A child sits on a cracked cement floor, scribbling math problems on a chunk of cardboard. Outside, the echoes of gunfire and shouting fade—but the trauma doesn’t. This isn’t just a story from a faraway war zone. It’s the front line of global child health—and the lessons we’re learning there could reshape how we care […]

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News

Educational News Round Up, April 24, 2025

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Uncategorized

Why School Lunch Lessons Might Be the Key to Better Mental Health

“Wait—you mean they still think healthy eating is just knowing what a vegetable is?” That was the stunned reaction of a school counselor sitting in on a ninth-grade health class. Students had just finished a lesson on food groups, calorie counts, and sugar content. The teacher quizzed them. The kids gave the right answers. But […]

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Educational News Round Up, April 22, 2025

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Why So Many Teens Aren’t Sleeping—And What Schools Can Do About It

You’ve probably heard it from a teenager before—shoulders slumped, eyes rimmed with fatigue: “I’m fine.” But here’s what “fine” actually looks like for many secondary school students: They’re staying up too late, wrestling with worries they can’t name, and walking into school every morning already exhausted. In a new study of over 600 students in […]

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Academics

When Clickers Beat Worksheets: The Classroom Strategy That Supercharged Student Learning

The bell rings. A class of 10th graders shuffles in, dreading their next hour of kinematics. Equations about motion, velocity, and acceleration swirl in their minds—if they’re lucky. For others, it’s a haze of confusion. But today, their teacher doesn’t launch into a lecture. Instead, a question flashes on the screen: “If two cars are […]

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Educational News Round Up, April 17, 2025

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Educational News Round Up, April 15, 2025

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