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The great disenchantment: Does edtech help kids learn?
There little evidence learning tech aids learning, and many complaints that it's bad for students' attention spans.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 131 min read


Screens in school: Don't 'gamify' kindergarten, say parents
Children are starting at screens in school, instead of listening to a teacher or interacting with friends, parents complain.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 122 min read


Solving the math problem: Who decides how to teach math?
Math scores are low, and educators can't decide if students need more explicit instruction or more time for "inquiry."

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 112 min read


'Long Covid' for learning loss: 14% of schools caught up in reading and math
Reading and math scores are below pre-Covid levels in 86 percent of school districts.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 102 min read


Why can't kids behave? Parents undermine discipline, say teachers
Teachers complain that parents don't teach their kids to behave, and principals don't support teachers who try to maintain order.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 93 min read


Bye-bye bisexual women: Young adults move away from LGBT identities
Bisexual identities soared for young women, and now have fallen, leading the decline in young people saying they're LGBT.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 81 min read


Court rules for parents' right to know about their child's 'transition'
California policies on hiding students' gender transitions "likely violate parents' rights to direct the upbringing and education of their children," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 72 min read


Microschool is a charter and a district school -- and a homeschool hybrid
An Indiana school district has launched a charter microschool to attract students who'd otherwise be full-time homeschoolers.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 63 min read


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
Mar 52 min read


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
Mar 41 min read


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
Mar 42 min read


'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
Mar 33 min read


The tutor is virtual -- the learning is real
Virtual tutoring is proving itself.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 22 min read


Anyone can homeschool -- but should they?
Is it really true that "anyone can homeschool?"

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 12 min read
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