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Education Access & Equity Children in foster care need more than just a child care slot

Todd Grindal, Anne Partika, Kirby Chow

September 14, 2026

An eighth grader unlocks her cellphone pouch after school followed by other students at Mark Twain Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 6, 2025.

K-12 Education A year later, what teens tell us about school cellphone bans

Dan Silver, Amie Rapaport, Morgan Polikoff

September 10, 2026

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MAY 13: Students attend GRAMMY in the Schools - Nashville, at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School on May 13, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Education Chapter 2: Youth, parent, and teacher perspectives on intellectual humility

Tenelle Porter, Jon Valant

August 31, 2026

Education Chapter 1: Developing intellectual humility in middle and high school students

Tenelle Porter, Jon Valant

August 31, 2026

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