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Devices are distractions: Take the tablets away
Internet-connected devices are distracting students -- not helping them learn.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 252 min read
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Chicago closed digital divide: Low achievers learned less, high achievers learned more
Closing the digital divide widened the achievement gap for Chicago students.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 251 min read
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Missing persons: Will absentees show up this year?
Chronic absenteeism -- missing 18+ days of a 180-day school year -- is way up, writes Ed Navigator's Tim Daly. Twenty-five percent of...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 8, 20231 min read
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More students are in 'big, big trouble' in reading, math, and they're not catching up
Students are learning again, but most are not catching up for learning lost during the pandemic, conclude three new reports comparing...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 28, 20232 min read
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Khan: Students hit the wall in Algebra I if they don't know 3 x 7 = 21
Remote instruction led to disastrous learning losses," especially in math, according to conclusive research, writes Kevin Mahnken on The...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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Kids need to learn independently and together
Learning online taught her students to be independent, resourceful and productive, writes Kyle Redford, who teaches fifth grade at a...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 8, 20222 min read
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Young males in trouble
We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....

Joanne Jacobs
May 26, 20221 min read
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