Parents can fight this effect by using screens to communicate with loved ones, or watching videos or shows side-by-side with their kids, SMU professor Sarah Kucker said.

Balanced Literacy downplays structured phonics, where kids learn by memorizing letters' sounds. Is that why some are struggling to read?

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The students were hit with statistics. More than 90% of trafficking victims are under 18, by some reports. And the Tampa Bay and Suncoast region has the highest prevalence in the state. In a student ...

Thank God more and more school boards, individual schools and universities effectively banning cell phone/headphones in classrooms. Why Because Gen Z (born c. 2000-2013), and even more so, Gen Alpha ...

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I was with my mom, and she was telling a story I’d heard a hundred times, and instead of tuning it out, I leaned in and ...

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much ...