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Phone-free schools: Can it be done?
California is getting on the no-phones-in-class bandwagon , reports AP. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants school districts to restrict students’...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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Teaching the election: It's not a crusade
Social studies teachers are eager to discuss the election -- students might actually care! -- but also very nervous about...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 14, 20243 min read
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Most grades don't match test scores: Is that a problem?
Most grades don't match students' test scores, according to the Equitable Grading Project.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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Bullying, violence are up: 1 in 10 teens are afraid to go to school, says CDC
Teens aren't quite as sad or suicidal as they were in 2021, reports the CDC, but violence, bullying and school avoidance are up.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12, 20242 min read
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Back to school? It's August!
Most U.S. students will be back in class tomorrow -- it's mid-August! -- and only 15 percent will start the school year after Labor Day. ...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20241 min read
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Boys can find uses for menstrual pads, but not in a good way
#TamponTim is in the news, tweets Kira Davis. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz requires schools to provide free menstrual products in all school...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 10, 20241 min read
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'Mad minutes' don't cause math anxiety -- and kids learn more
New research shows timed math tests don't worsen math anxiety.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 9, 20242 min read
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Biden's education grade: 'D' for 'doesn't care about achievement'
President Biden's education agenda deserves a D.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20242 min read
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Walz boosted school $, but added costly mandates: Tampons aren't free
For a former teacher, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz doesn't seem very interested in education.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20242 min read
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Special ed labeling, spending soar -- but it doesn't seem to help students
Spending more on special ed doesn't lead to better outcomes. Teaching reading well does.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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'Locking in' learning loss: Math grades didn't return to pre-pandemic normal
Grade inflation soared when learning went remote, writes Amber Northern. Lax requirements to turn in work, fewer graded assignments, and...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 6, 20241 min read
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'Credit recovery' relies on easy tests, lots of cheating
"Credit recovery" boosts graduation rates by letting students who've failed a traditional course pass very easy tests on which it is very...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Summer school helps, if students show up
Urban charter students made significant gains in reading and math in a summer program that combined instruction and enrichment, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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Once, girls were excited to grow up
Once upon a time, the teenage girls in Judy Blume's stories were "excited to grow up," writes Kat Rosenfield on The Free Press. Starting...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 4, 20243 min read
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Taking the 'boy' out of Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts aren't molding boys into men any more. They're letting youths be their authentic selves.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 3, 20242 min read
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AP African-American Studies is 'radical, political and propagandistic'
College Board's revised Advanced Placement African-American Studies (APAAS) course tries to hide its radical, one-sided approach, writes...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Silicon Valley parents push back on ethnic studies
Parents want to know what will be taught in soon-to-be-mandatory ethnic studies class.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Only the education-rich can afford laissez-faire schools
Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him. She's been raised in a stable, two-parent family and...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 1, 20242 min read
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