Mamdani announces new Office of Mass Engagement, says he needed a ‘clean slate’ to govern New York City

Mamdani continues his NYC reform agenda with a new civic engagement office and judicial recruitment changes, promising ...

Full List of Mamdani Executive Orders Signed on Day 1 as NYC Mayor

The newly minted mayor passed several “sweeping” executive orders on his first day in office, three of which addressed ...
Education Week

Teaching Executive Functions Should Start in Kindergarten

Principal Ian Knox’s thoughtful opinion essay, “Kindergartners Are Struggling With Self-Regulation. How Principals Can Respond ” (July 8, 2025), centers on steps school leaders can take to respond ...
unr.edu

Will my high screen time harm my executive function?

Recent findings from research in the Department of Psychology in the College of Science at the University of Nevada, Reno found that in younger people, increased screen time on devices like ...
Retail Dive

Amazon debuts single-tap ‘Add to Delivery’ function

Amazon on Thursday announced a single-tap “Add to Delivery” feature for Prime members to quickly add eligible products to existing upcoming deliveries. There are no additional fees to use the service, ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Find Executive Function Tests May Be Culturally Biased

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...
The Conversation

Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research

Aaron Buss received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Alexis McCraw does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...
Phys.org

Study questions whether executive function assessments measure universal abilities or school-based skills

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...
The New York Times

How to Tackle Your To-Do List if You Struggle With Executive Functioning

Conditions like A.D.H.D. and autism can make starting and completing tasks feel impossible, but experts say there are workarounds. By Christina Caron The pomodoro technique. Power poses. Planners.
Healthline

How to Cope with Executive Dysfunction in ADHD

Executive dysfunction can occur with ADHD. Some ways you can manage it include keeping tasks visible, breaking up tasks, and setting alarms for time-based events. Executive dysfunction is a group of ...