Joanne Jacobs
Easy come, easy go: Googling is bad for learning
Students don't need to learn facts, educators have been saying since the Cro-Magnon first learned to search the Internet. "They can just...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Don't ignore the smart kids
Victoria McDougald thought kindergarten would be exciting and joyful for her son, "an eager, rapid learner," but she learned that the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Not so smart
IQ scores are falling in the U.S., especially for young adults, reports Tom Hale in IFLScience. In a newly published study, scores...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Open doors to challenging academics
Challenging classes can help many students -- not just the "gifted" -- excel, writes Vincent Dotoli on Fordham's Flypaper. He heads...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Skip the smart kids: We're holding back (and boring) high achievers
I was very good at school, but also very bored. I wanted to skip a grade to catch up with my sister, but the district never skipped...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
Ignoring smart kids isn't a smart strategy
Gifted students deserve an education that fits their needs, argues Brandon Wright on Fordham's Advance newsletter. Acceleration and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 30, 2018
- 1 min
Screen-time limits linked to cognitive skills
Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day boosts their brainpower, concludes a new study, reports Hamza Shaban...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
From ‘gifted’ classes to ‘enriched studies’
“Gifted” programs are becoming “enriched studies” in Montgomery County, Maryland, reports Dana Goldstein in the New York Times. The goal...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 14, 2018
- 2 min
Instead of ‘gifted and talented’ …
It’s time to drop the “gifted and talented” label and use personalized, mastery learning to challenge all students, argues Michael Horn....
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 12, 2018
- 1 min
Your brain is not a muscle
Brain training doesn’t work because your brain isn’t a muscle, writes James Thompson on the Unz Review. Improving working memory doesn’t...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 16, 2018
- 1 min
Not so smart no more
IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 2, 2018
- 1 min
Praising effort may backfire
Praising students’ effort, rather than their intelligence, is supposed to encourage them to try harder, improve and build a “growth...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 5, 2018
- 3 min
Lost Einsteins: Screen ’em all to close ‘gifted gap’
Screening all children for giftedness could help close the “gifted gap” and reduce inequality, suggests a Fordham report. Only 6.1...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 13, 2018
- 1 min
Prodigies
Bobby Fischer became the youngest international grand master of chess at the age of 15. Mozart composed a concerto at the age of four. By...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 12, 2017
- 1 min
How Miami diversifies gifted classes
Gifted classes in Miami schools include a mix of low-income and minority students, reports Claudia Rowe for the Seattle Times. That’s...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 17, 2017
- 1 min
‘Growth mindset’ predicts learning gains
Students who believe they can get smarter learn more, conclude researchers Susana Claro and Susanna Loeb. They analyzed data from five...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 4, 2017
- 1 min
Cognitive Privilege
If a certain snowflake gets his/her/its/their way, being intelligent will be the next thing you should feel guilty about: The Daily Iowan...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 22, 2017
- 2 min
Stress can make kids smarter (in some ways)
Unstable parenting, poverty, a violent environment and other “adverse childhood experiences” contribute to “toxic stress” that impairs...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 9, 2017
- 1 min
‘Gifted’ vs. happy
Gifted pits a mellow, loving uncle against his cold, controlling mother in a custody battle over a cute little mathematical...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 9, 2017
- 1 min
Let all kids get a ‘gifted’ education
The U.S. expects less of students than many countries in Asia and Europe, writes Alina Adams on New York School Talk. Why not accelerate...
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