A new study confirms a hunch: School cellphone bans can boost test scores
Oct 20, 2025
A new study confirms a hunch: School cellphone bans can boost test scores
Chalkbeat
Charles Longshore distinctly remembers the tipping point that led his Alabama middle school to ban cellphones, two years before the state adopted its own ban.
Fordham Institute
At this year’s SXSW EDU conference, the startup Apprentos stole the show, winning the “Launch Competition” with a slick pitch promising to “de-risk” apprenticeships for employers.
Lisa Gonsalves, a highly respected education and nonprofit leader, continues to make a profound impact through her visionary leadership, strategic expertise, and unwavering commitment to community advancement.
Oklahoma Voice
Legal efforts to found the nation’s first religious charter school in Oklahoma have reignited, with a rejected Jewish charter school and a former U.S. congressman filing a lawsuit against the state Tuesday.
The 74
School hiring processes play a crucial role in determining the racial demographics of the American teacher workforce — including by putting non-white teaching candidates at an apparent disadvantage — according to a study released in February.
