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Major new survey from National Education Association gives very strong support for phone-free schools. Any policy that lets kids have phones BETWEEN classes disrupts what happens IN class. Give teachers a chance. Go phone-free. nea.org/resource-libra…

WATCH: A graduating high school senior in Connecticut told his school board he feels the district failed to prepare him for "the real world." Joseph Fredo, newly a graduate of Newington Public Schools, listed off a number of areas earlier this month where he feels he and his

With the rapid rise of AI, should educators get technology totally out of the classrooms at lower grades? There's a movement for a return to paper and pencil to increase knowledge retention.

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A summer reading assignment! E.D. Hirsch's book made the Citizens for Delaware Schools reading list. Featured in our latest newsletter.

Parents - here are simple remedies to childhood depression (and we all went through it when we were kids). Most kids will not need 'mental health supports' at school, but rather these remedies that Abigail Shrier describes. BTW, that means time away from their cell phones/social

Only 20% of 8th graders nationally passed the 2022 national civics test, with many students unable to answer even the most basic questions about our form of government. No wonder pride in America is so low. The Declaration of Independence stands as a civic covenant binding us

Everyone talks about the “school to prison pipeline” but not enough people are talking about the “school to therapy pipeline”. The mental health industry has its hooks in an institution (and its funding) that is responsible for a very impressionable, young population for 8 hours

Appoquinimink School District faces a $4.9M budget deficit and hiked school taxes by 10% to cover it. Now lawmakers want an audit. Sure, but where was the school board all this time? They sign off on budgets - it's one of their primary authorities.

Can this be true? How many teachers feel this way?

A great analysis that gets to the heart of the dangers of AI in developing good writing and critical thinking skills. open.substack.com/pub/daisychris…

What math skills do 4th-graders have? Students performing at or above NAEP Proficient can likely: ➕ Read data using a pictograph ➕ Solve a multi-step story problem ➕ Identify a figure that is a polygon ➕ Compare data given in two bar graphs

Schools have one job: academic instruction. But instead of more teaching, we keep hiring therapists, counselors, and interventionists, roles that do not improve outcomes and often distract from learning. The “whole child” narrative is the perfect scapegoat. Academic outcomes

And those who don't know their times tables by heart are doomed to struggle with math the rest of their lives because practical living as an adult involves using math every day. So misguided.