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2 Psychologists Go At It
Over Kids' Mental Health

LONGFORM

Jul 12, 2026 12:04 PM CDT

2 Psychologists Go At It Over Kids' Mental Health

Jonathan Haidt blames phones, socials for decline; Peter Gray blames schools, restrictions on freedom

(Newser) - Maybe it's not the glowing rectangles that broke childhood, but the school day. Writing for the Atlantic , Kaitlyn Tiffany digs into psychologist Peter Gray's upcoming book, Restoring Childhood, which takes direct aim at Jonathan Haidt's hugely influential The Anxious Generation, published in 2024. Haidt blames smartphones and...

Dad's Cheeky Absence Note
Takes on Standardized Testing

Feb 12, 2016 7:47 AM CST

Dad's Cheeky Absence Note Takes on Standardized Testing

Chicago's Jeff Jenkins said his daughter couldn't wait to get back to exams

(Newser) - A Chicago girl was sick from school on Wednesday, so her dad had to pen a note to explain her absence. And Jeff Jenkins didn't hold back in describing both why she missed class and how he feels about standardized testing, CBS Chicago reports. After noting his child had...

Dad's 'Common Core' Check to School Goes Viral

Sep 23, 2015 1:40 PM CDT

Dad's 'Common Core' Check to School Goes Viral

But some say he's doing more harm than good

(Newser) - Last week, a frustrated Ohio dad posted a picture on Facebook —and now it's been shared more than 27,000 times and he's semi-famous. Doug Herrmann posted a picture of a check he wrote to his kids' elementary school which, he said, used Common Core math. Instead...

Thousands Opt Out of Common Core Tests

Apr 18, 2015 8:06 AM CDT

Thousands Opt Out of Common Core Tests

Movement appears to be growing in parts of the country

(Newser) - Thousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance. This "opt-out" movement remains scattered but is growing fast in some parts of the country. Some superintendents in New York are reporting that...

$Parents Go to School to Grasp Kids' Math$

Parents Go to School
to Grasp Kids' Math

Nov 2, 2014 2:10 PM CST

Parents Go to School to Grasp Kids' Math

Students learn math in a new way with Common Core

(Newser) - Think math was hard when you went to school? Then check out new Common Core standards in elementary and high schools, which are so different from "old school" methods that parents are attending school to learn how it works—alongside their children, the Washington Post reports. "The toughest...

Bobby Jindal
Sues White House
Over Common Core

Aug 27, 2014 11:49 AM CDT

Bobby Jindal Sues White House Over Common Core

Says education standards amount to nationalizing education

(Newser) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is suing the Obama administration over Common Core education standards, arguing that they represent a federal effort to wrest control over education from the states, the AP reports. According to the suit filed today, the White House has "effectively force[d] states down a path toward...

Oklahoma Ditches
Common Core

Jun 6, 2014 2:52 AM CDT

Oklahoma Ditches Common Core

Governor says education standards 'tainted' by federal overreach

(Newser) - Oklahoma can come up with better academic standards than the "tainted" federal Common Core, Gov. Mary Fallin said yesterday as she signed legislation repealing the standards. The governor—who was still defending the standards as recently as January—said federal overreach and meddling had become too much, Politico reports....

We're Making a Mistake
by Losing Cursive Writing

OPINION

Sep 27, 2013 1:46 PM CDT

We're Making a Mistake by Losing Cursive Writing

Essayist explains how it helped her autistic son

(Newser) - Necessary skill or relic of a bygone era? The debate on the merits of cursive writing is in full swing now that the new Common Core academic standards are about to kick in around most of the nation. Common Core doesn't mandate that schools teach cursive, and Polly Morrice...

Politician: Ban Toni Morrison Novel From Schools

Aug 30, 2013 1:21 PM CDT

Politician: Ban Toni Morrison Novel From Schools

The Bluest Eye becomes flashpoint in Common Core debate

(Newser) - Horrified by its depictions of child molestation and incest, Alabama state Sen. Bill Holtzclaw is calling for Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye to be struck from all high school reading lists in the state. "The book is just completely objectionable, from language to content," Holtzclaw tells the...