In sunny Spain

I've escaped rainy California for Spain -- Barcelona, Sitges, Tarragona -- so the blog will be on vacation for a week or so. We haven't...

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In sunny Spain

I've escaped rainy California for Spain -- Barcelona, Sitges, Tarragona -- so the blog will be on vacation for a week or so. We haven't...

Joanne Jacobs

All children can learn -- but how much?

Not all education problems are solvable, if we just try hard enough or spend enough, argues Freddie DeBoer in a column on optimism bias. ...

Joanne Jacobs

Conservatives shouldn't give up on public education

Public education is progressive in its goals, yet schools are conservative institutions, writes Robert Pondiscio in National Affairs....

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Conservative teachers are quiet

Teachers who are on the political right "speak in whispers behind closed doors," says Daniel Buck in an interview with Rick Hess....

Joanne Jacobs

If you have to think about 3x = 18 . . .

Thinking about everything is hard, writes Greg Ashman, author of Cognitive Load Theory, on Filling the Pail. It exhausts students'...

Joanne Jacobs

Many students need tutoring, but few are getting it

Intensive tutoring is the best way to help students who suffered learning setbacks during the pandemic, but school districts are...

Joanne Jacobs

Anti-merit push is alienating Asian voters

Democrats are losing Asian-American voters, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. Asians, like Hispanics, are not radicals, he writes....