Film students don't have the attention span to watch movies.

So many Harvard students earn A's they university may add an A+ grade to signify excellence.

Rachel Lu reads to her five boys every night at bedtime , even though the oldest is now 16, she writes. It's a family ritual she plans to continue until the youngest, who's seven, goes off to college. She starts with picture books and kids' books for the youngest, while the older brothers are finishing their homework, then reads a more adult book to the older boys. (They all sleep in the same room. "I get to share all my favorite books with them, passing on the stories and i

"Are we teaching K-4 kids that reading is just tasks, labeling stuff and filling out graphic organizers?"

It's impossible to discuss what's going on in the world without knowing geography.

A quarter to a third of middle-school students struggle in all their classes because they don't read very well.

Classic books, poems, speeches, stories -- and Bible passages -- are on Texas' new K-12 reading list.

"Mindfulness" degrees are popular, despite evidence it makes students calmer but less inclined to think, plan and work.

Professors are overwhelmingly liberal, and most moderate and conservative students go along.

Tutoring can be very effective, if schools ensure students actually get tutored. Often, it's hit and miss.

Teach children what they need to learn. Don't make them try to figure it out for themselves.

Dump the classics and assign "accessible" books that teens might enjoy reading, argues a former English teacher.

Academic learning isn't obsolete, even in "the age of AI."

The "Portrait of a Graduate" fad is likely to be "so vague and insipid that they create a permission structure for schools to prioritize most everything except academics and to excuse themselves when they fail at their responsibility to teach even basic literacy and numeracy,"

Instead of persuading British teens to reject nationalism, the fictional "Waifu Amelia" has become an advocate for pro-British, anti-migrant sentiment.

It will be hard for young Americans to save democracy if they don't know much about civics or history. Many have opinions, but few facts.

Immigrant students from families at risk of deportation are safer at school than anywhere else.

Teens average more than an hour per school day -- and five hours a day -- on their phones, most on social media, video and gaming apps.

I'm back from vacation.

I'll be on vacation -- without a laptop! Or even my own tablet. (But I'll use my husband's tablet to keep up with Wordle and the Spelling Bee.) So, no blogging for awhile. I started this blog in January of 2001, so by the time I return it will be the 25th anniversary. I'm trying to decide whether to continue in this format, switch to Substack or . . . ? I'm not sure. If anyone has thoughts on Substack, leave a comment.