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How to talk to youth about mental health, substance use, nutrition, exercise, sleep, relationships, and sexuality.

Understanding generative AI using the lens of cognitive science

Letters about the roles of play in human evolution, child development, culture, and daily living

A monthly journey down the rabbit hole on schools and parenting

Weekly essays on reading the world and reading in the world, plus personalized book recommendations based on the last five books you've read.

News, politics, and history from #1 NYT-bestselling author Sharon McMahon. Breaking down government and law in straightforward ways you won’t find anywhere else. If you want clarity and context—delivered with sanity and reason—The Preamble is for you.

Co-Founder & CEO of The AI Education Project (aiEDU). I've spent the last decade trying to figure out how to deal with the human impacts from AI, and in particular how to help the education system so that students aren't left behind.

This newsletter offers (1) quarterly analyses of trends in politics & policy, (2) six interesting charts from the week each Sunday morning & (3) invitations to live events with new authors & leaders.

Education news, analysis, commentary

I'm Bess Stillman: ER doctor, writer, recent widow to Jake Seliger, who died of SCC of the tongue, and soon-to-be Mom to Athena. I write about the challenges of being corporeal. Here you'll find essays on life, death, cancer, love, health & healthcare.

A newsletter on the connections, communities, and commitments that bind us together.

Join us for The How to Find Your People Club, an IRL community-building project for the 21st century. Research, reporting, and storytelling on building a world that cares.

Every newsletter is a parenting masterclass from 12-time author Michael Grose, delivering unique ideas and tools for smarter, stress-free parenting.

Stay up to date on the innovations, changemakers, & trends to transform learning & education worldwide so that all individuals can build their passions, fulfill their potential, and live a life of purpose

Joanna Schroeder, co-author of Talk To Your Boys & feminist media critic, tries to see the bigger picture on parenting, relationships & family equity while raising teen boys & a toddler girl.

A newsletter (for adults) about career readiness (for kids).

Why energy abundance is the only way to solve global poverty and fight climate change

Building better worlds for learning math.

Join me for my thoughts on all things midlife, bravery, motherhood, tech, and more.

Connection Error is about our changing relationship with AI and how AI is changing our relationships. It explores the potential for AI to disrupt human connection as we know it…and what we can do about it.

Mental health and democracy are connected. Invisible Threads explores how trauma and stress shape civic life — and how we can heal it. Free weekly essays with resilience workshops for paid subscribers.

an examination of youth culture

Weekly updates tracking how members of Congress communicate with constituents, highlighting messaging trends, issue emphasis, and emerging language patterns. These are not takes, they are primary source trends.

Join 13,000+ parents and educators raising and teaching neurodivergent kids in a world that wasn’t built for them.

SCHOOLED is Michael J. Petrilli’s twice-weekly newsletter restarting the ed reform conversation. Expect sharp analysis, curated commentary, and lively debates—including from YOU. This is one newsletter you won’t want to skip.

Articles, reports, podcasts, and videos using data analysis to understand and prevent gun violence at schools. This research uses the K-12 School Shooting Database, the most comprehensive and widely cited source of information on this topic.

Self-help for smart people.

Analyzing AI as transformative but normal technology, not superintelligence.

My thoughts about teaching math after 24 years of teaching.

Welcome to The Landing — a soft place for real life to arrive. This is where I write what's true about motherhood, ambition, and the beautiful mess in between. From the lighthearted to the heavy — we talk about everything that matters.

Your guide to the cultural, political, and civic forces shaping the next generation.

Political and policy analysis from the vital center.

In business, culture eats strategy. In government, culture eats policy. Here we'll talk about the problems of state capacity (government's ability to achieve its policy goals) and how to fix them. From the author of Recoding America.

Real-life ideas for less chaos and a childhood that feels like childhood.

Exploring how intelligence loops through nature, humans, and machines—essays on AI, science, and society by a professor at Yale.

Field notes from the horizon where courage meets freedom.

Exploring the intersection of evidence-based teaching, literacy, and the cultural politics of education. I write about how research, policy, and classroom practice collide—and what that means for teachers, students, and the future of education.

How will AI change learning and instruction? How can we best prepare students for the AI World?

A free weekly newsletter where Jon Haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and offer practical guidance on how we can respond.

A newsletter from Oona Hanson — for parents and guardians who want their kids to have a healthy relationship with food, exercise, and their body

I'm a mother of 4, entrepreneur and blogger. My love of writing has led me to this new chapter of my life. Every Tuesday and Friday, I will be writing about my life updates, honest reflections and funny anecdotes - straight from my heart to your inbox.

Reporting, tools and resources on the science of learning

Tracing technology's ripple effects across human experience – where vision creates pathways to meaningful solutions

Stories of hope, inspiration, and innovation in American history. I'm interested in how people have worked to help our country live up to its promise.

My blog about teaching, math, and teaching math

What unites and divides Americans today? This newsletter takes a closer look at issues pressing on America’s social and political fabric and provides recommendations for how to strengthen ties to keep us bound together.

It is a big world with lots to talk about. And I am now an old-man-girl-dad. So, I’ve started a Substack so I can share my latest take on fatherhood, life and otherwise. Come for the bitterness, stay for the recipes.

An EdTech design studio cultivating learning, creativity, and play

On public leadership from inside the system

Parenting, child development, connecting through play, and occasional pediatrician morsels