The federal government, through the National Institutes of Health, has launched the most ambitious study of adolescent brain development ever attempted. In part, scientists are trying to understand what no one currently does: how all that screen time impacts the physical structure of kids’ brains, as well as kids’ emotional development and mental health.

The North County School District will start off the 2019 school year with Nicholle Ruess as the new superintendent, replacing Yancy Poorman, who is retiring. Ruess is currently the assistant superintendent for teaching, learning and student services at the Festus R-VI School District. The North County School District will start off the 2019 school year […]

Initially billed as a cost-cutting measure, the New Jersey superintendent salary cap failed to save money and instead resulted in a higher probability that superintendents across the state would quit, according to new research from Rutgers University. Initially billed as a cost-cutting measure, the New Jersey superintendent salary cap failed to save money and instead […]

The millennial generation has arrived in school board politics. In Prince George’s County’s school system in Maryland, they once again make up a majority of elected board members with five of nine elected members in their 20s. The millennial generation has arrived in school board politics. Maybe not in great numbers, and not everywhere. But […]