1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (281+ words) Elliot Haspel is a senior fellow at the think tank Capita and author of "Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has a Stake in Child Care For All." Haspel also writes a Substack, The Family Frontier. The mismatch between the…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (189+ words) The 74 Gina Masciola is director of education partnerships for WQED Pittsburgh, a PBS station. But while screen time limits are one solution, they still treat the screen itself as the problem, when a screen is simply another opportunity for communication…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (851+ words) The last time I interviewed Dr. Dana Suskind, we discussed the three T’s strategy outlined in her book “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise”: Tune in. Talk more. Take turns. “It doesn’t require fancy gadgets,” she told…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1476+ words) When Joel Francik became principal of Central Elementary School in 2019, all of his prior education experience had been in middle school — first as a teacher, then as an assistant principal. He wanted the job, he said, because he thought he…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (474+ words) Earlier this year, U.S. senators convened to grill experts on how social media, smartphones and other technologies are affecting children’s mental health and learning. That conversation has since helped fuel a new wave of legislative action, with nearly a dozen states…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago  (739+ words) Rebecca Gale is a writer with the Better Life Lab at New America where she covers child care, and is also the author of It Doesn’t Have to Be This Hard, a newsletter on caregiving writing and reporting. In June…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (161+ words) Findings Offer a Math Playbook for California Schools The 74 Findings Offer a Math Playbook for California Schools Guerrero and Umland: Districts are making major investments to improve math results. Los Angeles shows how alignment can ensure investments pay off. Supreme…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (821+ words) Greg Toppo is a senior writer at The 74. Ed tech companies routinely pitch AI tutoring platforms as a way to deliver personalized instruction at a scale that no human teacher can match. But when researchers from Stanford University looked at…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (127+ words) The 74 “What we want is that, if and when families need it, there’s childcare that’s available, that works for their needs, that’s affordable and high quality,” said Anne Hedgepeth, senior vice president of policy and research at Child Care Aware…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (360+ words) Alix Guerrier is CEO of DonorsChoose and a former math and science teacher. Thousands of teachers are demonstrating each school day how to get artificial intelligence in education right. Policymakers, school system leaders and supporters of K-12 education should pay attention....