Joanne Jacobs
Covid stress hurt memory, 'flexible thinking' for kids and teachers, says study
Students -- and teachers -- lost reasoning, memory and executive-function skills during the pandemic. Stress? Long Covid? Screens?
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 182 min
The rise of MEI: merit, excellence and intelligence
Will MEI -- merit, excellence and intelligence -- replace DEI?
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 153 min
Raising Young Sheldon -- or anti-Sheldon
Young Sheldon, which finished its seven-year run last month, shows the challenges of “parenting a very bright child,” writes Jonathan...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 252 min
College students aren't all that smart: IQ average falls to 102
The average college student has average intelligence, concludes a meta-analysis by Canadian researchers, writes Ross Pomeroy on Big...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 31, 20231 min
Are educated people smarter? Link is weakening, says study in Norway
Cognitive ability no longer is linked strongly to years of education, concludes a Norwegian study published in published in Scientific...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 1, 20232 min
'Fast learners' started out ahead
There are no fast learners, according to new research, writes Hechinger's Jill Barshay. Learning rates are remarkably similar --...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 20, 20232 min
Missing dyslexia
Schools are failing to diagnose dyslexia, which makes it hard for as many as 20 percent of students to master reading, writes Sarah Carr...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 22, 20232 min
Timed tests are misleading: Success is a marathon, not a sprint
The new digital SAT will take two hours, instead of three, and will give students more time to answer each question. That's a much better...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12, 20232 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 20, 20232 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, 20231 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, 20231 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, 20232 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, 20221 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, 20181 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, 20182 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, 20182 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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...
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