Do School Cell Phone Bans Work?

EdWeek’s newly updated article on school cell phone bans nationwide reports that at least 36 states have such policies in place. With the Connecticut Legislature now in session and considering a similar policy, what do we know about the effectiveness of these restrictions?

Are You a Junior In February?
What Should Your College Prep Look Like?

Here are seven things you can be doing to set yourself up for a college application:

New insight on building student reading comprehension skills

How do students learn to not only read material in textbooks and articles, but also truly understand what they read? In an article in the April 16, 2025 edition of Education Week, Kelly Cartwright, Professor of Early Child Literacy at the University of North Carolina, says there are several answers.

College Essay Help

You might be familiar with the Common Application, Common App for short, which serves as a single application that is shared by over 900 colleges, including every Ivy League school and similarly elite universities like Stanford. The Common App allows you to enter information like your name, demographics, extracurricular activities, and more just once for every school that uses it.