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How Attention Becomes Curriculum

Introducing a Pedagogy of Cultivated Attention

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Why Attention Must Become Curriculum

Nov 4, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

The Disappearing Art of Deep Learning

Aug 7, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

Research Digest: The Screen-Time Studies Every Parent and Teacher Should Read

Oct 21, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

Part 1: The Decline of Deep Attention

Sep 2, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

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Attention as Curriculum: A Conversation on The Teachers On Fire Podcast

On Attention and Technology in K-12 Schools

Jan 13 • Andrew Cantarutti

The Roundup for December 2025

Plus Nine Essays Worth Your Attention

Dec 23, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

Three Simple Steps Schools Can Take to Resist Disruption

Straightforward, Actionable Changes Schools Can Make Right Now

Dec 16, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

Education Against Disruption

Why Schools Owe Children Prudence, Not Promises

Dec 9, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

Research Digest: Why Sustained Attention Predicts Academic Success

Sustained attention helps explain up to 29% of differences in standardized test scores, measured in real school environments.

Dec 2, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

Research Digest

Research Digest: Why Sustained Attention Predicts Academic Success

Sustained attention helps explain up to 29% of differences in standardized test scores, measured in real school environments.

Dec 2, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

Research Digest: The Screen-Time Studies Every Parent and Teacher Should Read

Clear evidence that screen exposure during childhood has academic consequences

Oct 21, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

The Roundup

The Roundup for December 2025

Plus Nine Essays Worth Your Attention

Dec 23, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

The Roundup for November 2025: Ten Essays Worth Your Attention

On the conditions for attention, and the ease with which thought is forfeited.

Nov 25, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

The Roundup for October 2025: Ten Essays Worth Your Attention

On reading, distraction, and the public consequences of outsourcing thought.

Oct 28, 2025 • Andrew Cantarutti

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