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'Anything Goes'
“Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose," wrote Cole Porter (with help from P.G....

Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20231 min read
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Canceling SkippyJon: Everyone wants to censor something
Skippyjon Jones, about a Siamese cat who thought he was a Chihuahua, was a huge hit when it came out in 2003, recalls James V. Shuls. His...

Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20231 min read
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Guns, gays, suicide, smoking ... The show may not go on after all
Can a high school put on Oklahoma without guns? The Theatre Guild at an Ann Arbor (MI) high school revised the classical musical days...

Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20232 min read
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AI can be an equalizer
Educators can personalize teaching and equalize education opportunities, if they learn how to use artificial intelligence intelligently,...

Joanne Jacobs
May 2, 20232 min read
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Gates: AI bots will teach reading, writing -- soon
AI chatbots will be teaching reading and writing in 18 months, predicts Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Artificial intelligence will be...

Joanne Jacobs
May 2, 20231 min read
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It's easier to become a teacher, but ...
States are dropping licensing tests to qualify more teachers, write Hannah Putnam and Heather Peske of the National Council on Teacher...

Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20232 min read
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Merit pay for teachers can work
Linking teacher pay to performance -- not just to seniority and post-college credits -- was the center of education reform in the 2010s,...

Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20231 min read
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California teachers seek 50% pay raise
Raising teacher and staff pay by 50 percent over seven years is "a big and bold idea," says the president of the California Federation of...

Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20231 min read
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