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Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
- Home & Family
- October 24, 2025
From NPR: “Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That’s according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens.”
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It’s Time to Keep Phones Out of Classrooms
- Home & Family
- April 29, 2025
“Smartphone use has a time and place. It’s not in the classroom. Study after study have shown the harmful effects of too much screen time. Children and teens who spend hours on their phones scrolling through social media are more anxious, depressed, and distracted.”
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Why we must teach listening in schools
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 18, 2023
John Mac Ghlionn writes in The New York Post: “How about talking to each other? Not talking over each other or past each other, but actually engaging in meaningful dialogue – actually understanding each other. In other words, listening to each other.”
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A Reason to Think Twice About Your Child’s ADHD Diagnosis
- Headlines & Highlights
- December 28, 2018
“Something is fundamentally wrong with the way ADHD is diagnosed. There’s a whole list of things that have nothing to do with the chemistry of the brain that increases your risk of being diagnosed with ADHD.” Dr. Martin Whitely, researcher & 1st author of a new study
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Down With Homework, Say U.S. School Districts
- Headlines & Highlights
- December 28, 2018
Do you think homework should be reduced or eliminated for elementary school kids?
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Cellphones in classrooms contribute to failing grades: Study
- Headlines & Highlights
- July 30, 2018
“I was always interested in using technology in the classroom before it existed, but when it became apparent that it was affecting the classroom, it raised the question (of) what effect it was having.”
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Stress is contagious in the classroom
- Headlines & Highlights
- June 27, 2016
That’s the finding from a University of British Columbia study recently published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.
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Is Cancelling an Annual End of Year Kindergarten Show a Good Idea?
- GOOD FOR YOU by Claire Carter
- April 8, 2014
Did you hear about the kindergarten show that was cancelled, because the principal reportedly felt it got in the way of preparing 5 and 6 year olds for “college and career?”
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