Joanne Jacobs
Don’t blame tech for teen suicides
Don’t blame technology for teen suicides, writes Mike Males in the Washington Monthly. Rates are much higher for rural and small-town...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 8, 2018
- 1 min
Computer science instead of Algebra II?
Ohio students will be able to take advanced computer science instead of Algebra II under a new law, reports Leo Versel in Education Week....
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 14, 2018
- 1 min
Phone-addicted kids: Can Apple help?
Apple should design parental controls to keep kids from overusing iPhones, argue two major shareholders in a Jan. 6 letter, reports Luke...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 8, 2018
- 2 min
Will robots replace teachers?
Robots will replace teachers by 2027, predicts Anthony Seldon, a British educator. Can teaching be automated? asks Kristin Houser, senior...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 21, 2017
- 1 min
French schools say ‘non’ to cell phones
French schools will ban cell phones reports Henry Samuel in The Telegraph. In addition to a classroom ban, students will not be allowed...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 1, 2017
- 1 min
Personalized+projects model replicates
Summit Public Schools‘ personalized-learning model, which focuses on project-based learning and mentoring, is replicating rapidly, I...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 1, 2017
- 1 min
AltSchool reinvents itself
AltSchool, a private school start-up that once promised to reinvent education, is reinventing itself, reports Adam Satariano on Bloomberg...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 7, 2017
- 1 min
Is personalization a fad? Curriculum matters
If students choose what to learn, pursuing their own interests, they’ll be engaged and active learners, say some personalized-learning...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 21, 2017
- 1 min
Tots shift from TV to tablets
Young children average 48 minutes a day on mobile devices, up from five minutes in 2011, according to The Common Sense Census: Media Use...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 17, 2017
- 1 min
Learn ‘agility’ to compete with robots
While schools struggle to teach basic 20th-century skills, 21st-century students will need to compete with robots for work in The Age of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 16, 2017
- 2 min
Anxiety is way up for teens: Why?
Severe anxiety afflicts more U.S. teens than ever, writes Benoit Denizet-Lewis in the New York Times Magazine. What’s going on? Over the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2 min
Teachers, beware the ed-tech trap
Education technology can be a waste of teachers’ and students’ time, argue two teachers in a new book, Screen Schooled. Joe Clement and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 12, 2017
- 1 min
Too much ‘screen time’ in school?
Technology hasn’t transformed teaching and learning, notes Education Next, but some believe that’s due to “implementation problems — or...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 23, 2017
- 1 min
#Recess2017
Banning cellphones during lunch time has forced students to interact face to face, says Rebecca Gogel, principal of Corona del Mar Middle...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 15, 2017
- 1 min
How to buy ed-tech without getting ripped off
Rob Waldron, an ed-tech CEO, offers school districts advice on how to get the most for their ed-tech dollars in Education Next. It’s...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 14, 2017
- 2 min
Personalized learning works — if done well
Personalized learning shows promise, but there are implementation challenges, writes RAND’s John F. Pane on Brookings’ Chalkboard blog....
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 9, 2017
- 2 min
Tech-savvy teachers build their brands
Tech-savvy teachers are building their brands and forging relationships with edtech companies, reports Natasha Singer in the New York...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 2, 2017
- 2 min
Too young for a smartphone?
The average child gets his or her first smartphone at age 10, but some parents are pledging to keep their kids smartphone-free till...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 21, 2017
- 2 min
Lots of laptops, not much learning
Maine launched its laptops-for-all program 15 years ago, reports Robbie Feinberg on NPR. “Maine became the first, and still only, state...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 20, 2017
- 2 min
Computers enable mastery learning
Mastery learning — enabled by technology — is gaining popularity, reports Kyle Spencer in the New York Times Moheeb Kaied, a seventh...
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