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What we're reading this week: August 22, 2024

The Education Gadfly
8.22.2024
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  • A new analysis of six decades of yearbook pictures shows that students who have more freedom to be creative with their style in high school might also be more inventive later in life. —Faster, Please!
  • Indiana looks to the Swiss for a lesson in expanding career and technical education for high schoolers with thousands of new apprenticeships. —The 74 Million
  • Could schools be protecting parents’ mental health? A recent study finds that both antidepressant use and alcohol sales skyrocketed during pandemic school closures, then returned to baseline once schools reopened. —The Atlantic
  • Research shows that cell phone use in school can harm students academically and socially, and that cell phone restrictions can improve these outcomes. However, one expert warns that even the best policies won’t solve everything. —After Babel
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