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Inflated Confidence May Not Give Children a Learning Advantage After All
Believing they can succeed might encourage children to persist longer at difficult tasks and eventually see performance improvements. New research suggests that this apparent learning advantage may be a statistical illusion.
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A Child’s Environment May Shape How Their Brain Solves Problems
The findings may have implications for the classroom, as well as for broader efforts to reduce socioeconomic disparities in children’s academic outcomes.
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Hope in a Time of Cynicism
America has become a country of cynics. At least, that’s what studies show. People don’t trust each other, the media or the government. Most Americans, about 80 percent, don’t feel confident their children’s lives will be better than theirs.
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Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment
To celebrate the start of a nationwide ban on social media for kids under the age of 16, the Australian government lit the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the slogan Let Them Be Kids. … Candice Odgers
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The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education
The standardized test scores of American students had been rising for decades. Then they began to slide, dropping to their lowest point in two decades in 2023 and 2024. This is not a problem confined
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Science Startup Uses Simple Approach to Reduce Student Absenteeism
Todd Rogers and his startup company EveryDay Labs have a singular goal—reduce student absenteeism or bust.
