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Hermione Granger and Tracy Flick are the true heroes
When schools expect less, students do less and learn less. Try-hard students are even rarer.

Joanne Jacobs
2 minutes ago2 min read
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4th-grade homework gone wrong: AI created sexy Pippi for book report
When fourth-graders used AI to generate Pippi Longstocking for book report covers, the adventurous girl appeared as a sexpot.

Joanne Jacobs
18 hours ago1 min read
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Why teachers assign less homework: Students won't do it -- but AI will
Most teachers assign less homework -- or none at all. Students won't do it, they say. But AI will.

Joanne Jacobs
1 day ago2 min read
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'We're graduating people who can't do basic arithmetic'
Screening students' math fluency and providing help to those falling behind has improved achievement in Alabama -- and England.

Joanne Jacobs
2 days ago3 min read
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The tutor is virtual -- the learning is real
Virtual tutoring is proving itself.

Joanne Jacobs
3 days ago2 min read
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Anyone can homeschool -- but should they?
Is it really true that "anyone can homeschool?"

Joanne Jacobs
4 days ago2 min read
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