This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. Since Indiana’s school cellphone ban went into effect in 2024, classroom distractions haven’t disappeared. But they have become a little more ...

For years, Sarah Inama had a poster hanging in her Idaho classroom that encouraged her sixth-grade students to be kind and inclusive with one another. "Everyone is welcome here," it said in bright, ...

Attention is a complex process that includes being alert, selecting what to attend to, ignoring what is unimportant, and maintaining focus for the right amount of time. Preparing before class helps ...