I was recently reading the April 22, 2026, NSTA Blog, a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.

In this blog I read an article written by Tara Graham. She wrote an article entitled "Stop Competing for Attention. Start Using It."

Ask any middle school science teacher what their biggest classroom challenge is right now, and there's a good chance that attention ranks near the top of the list. This isn't a new problem, but it is an accelerating one.