Middle and high school students might see more benefits. Earlier research is mixed and inconclusive. A 2007 analysis by Stanford professor Thomas Dee found academic benefits for eighth-grade boys and girls when taught by teachers of their same gender. And...
“If those data are split across multiple federal agencies,” Cheng said, “there would likely be more bureaucratic hurdles required to combine the data.” Information sharing across federal agencies is notoriously cumbersome, the very problem that led to the creation of...
Episode Transcript Ki Sung: Welcome to the MindShift Podcast where we explore the future of learning and how we raise our kids. I’m Ki Sung. Today I’m speaking to longtime MindShift contributor Debra Farmer Kris. She’s a child development expert...
“We avoided discussion of myths vs facts,” Rogers explained, because research shows that students remember myths and confuse them with facts. Pulling from the failures of the anti-drug D.A.R.E. Program, the gambling materials tell kids what gambling is without showing...
The complaint argues the rule is “an attempt to target organizations and jurisdictions whose missions and policies do not align with political positions on immigration, race, gender, free speech, and public protest.” “Politically motivated retaliation, like what the administration has...
That seems easy enough, but given the abundance of crisis managers and image consultants, and the financial gains from having clout and virality, how do you know if someone is being genuine? And given how well emotional content performs online,...
The radio version of this story was edited by Adam Bearne. Transcript: LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Since the start of the school year in this country, there have already been over 70 shootings on campuses – 70 in just over two...
The more you know about a subject, the easier it is to build upon it and learn more about it, so there is a reciprocal relationship between learning, memory and attention, said Watson. As a teacher, his role is to...
Alongside has big plans to break negative cycles before they turn clinical, said Dr. Elsa Friis, a licensed psychologist for the company, whose background includes identifying autism, ADHD and suicide risk using Large Language Models (LLMs). The Alongside app currently...
To illustrate, Twenge points to driving. Some kids might feel ready at 12, others much later, but as a society we commit to a legal driving age. She believes technology should work the same way. Sixteen, she argues, is an...
