NYT: Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It's Too Late (Gift link - anyone can view) nytimes.com/2024/04/10/opi…

Another one to add to the list, this time from Norway 🇳🇴📵 ⬆️ Better attendance ⬆️ Better grades ⬇️ Less bullying ⬇️ Less doctor visits for mental health “These effects are larger for girls from low socio-economic background” openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/bits…

“In sum, students who spend more time staring at their phone do worse in school, distract other students around them, and feel worse about their life.” Derek Thompson in “It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

New Study Finds Physical Fitness Can Improve Mental Health in Children and Young Adults Researchers tracked children's performance in sporting activities like running, sit-ups and jumping to study how it impacted their mental health diagnoses over time people.com/new-study-find…

As the obesity prevalence climbed in the US and globally, epidemiologists kept an eye on Japan. Despite an initial upward trend like the rest of the world, obesity in Japan quickly leveled off and came back down to <5%. Here's why... time.com/6974579/japan-…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin called for policies restricting cellphone use in schools in an executive order Tuesday, citing rising concerns about the effects of phone usage and social media on youth mental health. wapo.st/3RZR2np

Teaching "mindfulness" in schools made kids more depressed and anxious. Folks, the "treatments" are causing the disease. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/25/3/1…

New survey: The APA found that 80% of teachers report verbal aggression or harassment from students in the previous year and 56% report physical aggression, leading to a substantial uptick in educators considering quitting. This is simply unsustainable.

A new study out yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics shows the impact of screen time on young kids' anger and emotional development... 📢 Key findings & some thoughts as a pediatrician & a dad... 🧵

My article on how Virginia is once again following US Dept of Ed guidance on memorizing math facts, after a 6-year absence. Math ed gurus push non-evidenced based myths re math facts via teacher PD while public $ and underprivileged kids pay the price. baconsrebellion.com/hey-what-happe…

Louisiana imposed a total ban on cell phones in schools this year and it turns out...people kind of love it. Teachers are reporting big improvements in focus & social interaction, and many students are happy to unplug. Great reporting by Elyse Carmosino nola.com/news/education…

8 northern Virginia school divisions are asking VDOE to delay its new accountability system. Karina Elwood takes them at their word as to why they want a delay. Actually, they want it because they've been lying to their constituents. 🧵 washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

New study: a principal’s impact on test scores is much smaller than previously believed. The study found that existing approaches linking principals to test scores are flawed and attribute effects to principals that aren’t under their control. edweek.org/leadership/is-…

New research suggests that the shift from handwriting to digital tools in early education may come at a cost. In an experiment with 5-year-olds, those who practiced writing by hand showed better letter naming, spelling, and word reading than those who… dlvr.it/TKVjp8

The largest education experiment ever run is one that most teachers and even many education professors do not know about. Why? It is an intriguing story 🧵

They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back. Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school. wsj.com/business/chatg… (no paywall for this link) “It’s a pointless exercise,” said Stan Oklobdzija, a Tulane

Oxford psychologist Lucy Foulkes: “Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work.” “Researchers have now run many studies testing the impact of universal school mental-health interventions and have found that they don’t really improve