Biology denial: Girls can't win if sports go coed

I was forced to take four years of P.E. in high school in the late '60s. Illinois' gym teachers had a great lobby. Only three years of...

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Biology denial: Girls can't win if sports go coed

I was forced to take four years of P.E. in high school in the late '60s. Illinois' gym teachers had a great lobby. Only three years of...

Without phones, school is calmer and students are listening, talking

Banning cell phones transformed a Philadelphia high school, reports Kristen A. Graham in the Inquirer. Students were ignoring teachers --...

Once they can decode, the next step is knowledge

The mainstream media has declared a victor in the "reading wars," writes Robert Pondiscio. Both TIME and The New Yorker had stories last...

Most boys should start school a year later than girls

Boys should start school a year later than girls, argues Richard V. Reeves in The Atlantic. Boys are slower to mature and benefit from...

Career tech pays off in Massachusetts

Students at career-tech high schools in Massachusetts are more likely to go to college and earn more than similar students who take a...

If the students don't care ...

Desperately trying to get failing students to a diploma, counselors are putting kids who can't pass Integrated Math 1 (ninth grade) into...

Why the math learning curve is a K

Some students were learning more math, before the pandemic, while most were learning less, writes Mike Goldstein. He believes changes in...