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Home / Education research / MindShift AI can be a helpful tool to help students learn, but many are taking shortcuts and learning less, according to a study. Jul 6, 2026 (Makhbubakhon Ismatova/iStock) When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, educators quickly asked whether students would use artificial intelligence to cheat, learn or simply get through homework more efficiently.

Home / Belonging / MindShift Experts say that programming to boost belonging and offer more social-emotional support for boys may be one key to closing the academic gender gap. Jun 30, 2026 Updated Jul 1, 2026 (Zinkevych/iStock) This story about the gender gap  was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. OAKLAND, Calif.

Home / Education research / MindShift The idea that there's a connection between federal student loans and what colleges charge dates back almost four decades. But it's unclear that link can lead to lower costs. Jun 28, 2026 Updated Jun 29, 2026 Students toss their mortarboards in the air at a 2018 commencement ceremony at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.

Home / Parenting / MindShift Students will relax and forget over the summer, which is expected. For others, it's a time to catch up. Jun 16, 2026 (Solovyova/iStock) As kids settle into summertime, parents often wonder how much they should be incorporating academic activities into their children’s routines.

Home / Education research / MindShift Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different story for 13-year-olds, however. Jun 10, 2026 Updated 1:41 pm PT Average reading and math scores for 9-year-old students rose from 2022 to 2025, according to the newest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Mindshift Podcast Home / Adolescence / Mindshift Podcast Author Shafia Zaloom shares advice for parents and educators wondering how to navigate authentic conversions with young people. Jun 10, 2026 Updated Jun 11, 2026 Courtesy of Shafia Zaloom View the full episode transcript. In this digital age, kids are surrounded by messages about gender and sexuality. But are parents creating the space for conversation and understanding?

Home / Digital Tools / MindShift Living apart is a normal part of life, and parents and children can learn to develop their "trust muscle" by skipping the monitoring. Jun 10, 2026 (RerF/iStock) Her daughter must be dead. This is what Archie Gottesman concluded when checking the location of her middle daughter, who had claimed to be out with friends on a warm summer night in New York City.

Home / Education research / MindShift Researchers say a lack of reliable information on artificial intelligence use on campus could lead to misguided policies. Jun 8, 2026 (gorodenkoff/iStock) As colleges scramble to write rules for artificial intelligence in the classroom, one basic question remains unknown: How many students are actually using it?

Home / Digital Tools / MindShift Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools. Jun 4, 2026 Soraya Martin (left) is a ninth grader in Concord, Calif., who has made strides as a creative writer and in her academics since she embraced assistive technology. She says her mom Heather Martin is her biggest advocate. (Jonaki Mehta/NPR) CONCORD, Calif.

Home / Belonging Time-intensive home visits show promise. Jun 1, 2026 (PM Images/Getty Images) Absenteeism is a huge and seemingly intractable problem for the nation’s public schools. And Michigan has one of the worst attendance rates in the country. That makes it a prime target for researchers. In hundreds of schools, more than 3 out of 5 students were chronically absent before the pandemic.