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Health The problem with the school smartphone debate Study finds most districts already regulate devices. Is the real issue enforcement? Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer December 10, 2025 4 min read Hao Yu.File photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Amid concern about student screen...
On most mornings in Indore’s Sandipani Naveen Malav Kanya School, the assembly ground feels like a small town square. A group of girls steps forward to lead the prayer, read the news, and invite classmates to share what they learnt. In a nearby classroom, students form a neat queue outside the compu...
At the main entrance of the University of Minho’s Gualtar campus in Braga, Portugal, rises an imposing bronze sculpture of Prometheus, created in 1992 by the acclaimed Portuguese artist José Rodrigues. Commissioned with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and gifted to the university b...
You know that feeling you get when you walk into a classroom and see someone else's stuff on your desk? OK, sure, there are no assigned seats, but you've been sitting at the same desk since the first day and everyone knows it. So why does the guy who sits next to you put his phone, his book, his cha...
Nation & World What’s working, not on front lines of AI in classroom Keith Parker (from left), Yenda Prado, and Kedaar Sridhar.Jill Anderson/HGSE Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer December 9, 2025 5 min read Tech, education experts share new initiatives on learner profiles, making STEM more accessible,...
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School reopenings during COVID-19 dramatically improved kids’ mental health and reduced treatment costs. Credit: Shutterstock A large California-based analysis found that reopening schools sharply reduced children’s diagnoses of anxiety, depression, and ADHD . Children who returned to in-person scho...
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC An ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria, to the excitement of archaeologists...
Even though the United Kingdom isn’t in the European Union, English is the lingua franca throughout the region because it's the standard language for international commerce. A lingua franca is a common language that two people who don’t speak the same language use to communicate. When one person spe...
After a rural school district in Batesville, Arkansas installed solar panels at their schools, they turned a $250,000 annual budget deficit into a $1.8 million surplus — enough to give every teacher a raise of up to $15,000, CBS News reports. Today, more than 9,000 schools across the country are usi...
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Two recent studies dig into academic outcomes for elementary and high school students and found, in most cases, no benefits and some disadvantages from grouping English learners. For years, K-12 schools have grouped English learners in classrooms, driven by factors including limited resources and th...
Macaulay Culkin had fans cracking up when he recently reminded everyone of his unusual, legally changed name. The 45-year-old Home Alone alum addressed a question about his “actual name” during a special anniversary event on Saturday, November 22. “The newest name suits him perfectly!” joked one amu...
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Thanksgiving is right around the corner. We can almost smell the turkey and stuffing. We’re definitely ready for some pumpkin pie and cider by a crackling fire. Of course, someone has to make all of that delicious food, and while we cook, we have to watch TV. There are some classic Thanksgiving movi...
Theatre kids rejoice; you are about to get your shot at performing in Hamilton at your own high school. Concord Theatricals acquired worldwide secondary stage licensing rights for the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musical. Concord will first develop a teen version of Hamilton with an anticipated 2...
Generation Jones (those born from 1954 to 1964) and Gen X (those born 1965 to 1980) shared a similar childhood rite of passage at school: taking typing classes. Back then, they were learning to type on typewriters—both manual and electric. Both generations have fond (and frustrating) memories of tak...
The Stranger Things kids are all grown up. We don’t want to make you feel old, but the show premiered nearly a decade ago in July 2016. Back then, Mike and his friends attended Hawkins Middle School and his sister, Nancy, attended Hawkins High School. Things have changed quite a bit for the actors o...
Rather than rely solely on the new mayor or pundits to interpret the results, the transition tents served as an informal poll of what New Yorkers really wanted. Former First Lady Chirlane McCray visiting the Talking Transition Tent in lower Manhattan in November 2013. (Credit: Rob Bennett for the of...
