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Kids stream more, read less
The rise in screen time -- not just school closures -- is a factor in the decline in achievement, suggests Tim Daly, who runs the...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 18, 20222 min read


Without phones, school is calmer and students are listening, talking
Banning cell phones transformed a Philadelphia high school, reports Kristen A. Graham in the Inquirer. Students were ignoring teachers --...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 24, 20222 min read


Can online privacy laws make the net safe for kids?
A new California law will try to protect children online by requiring safeguards for users under 18, reports Natasha Singer in the New...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 17, 20222 min read


AI doesn't write well, but it's better than some students
Shakespeare it's not. However, a new artificial-intelligence technology called GPT-3, which understands and generates text, could help...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 23, 20222 min read


Is technology the future of early literacy?
Speech-recognition technology could analyze young children's reading, rate their pronunciation of each sound and word, track their...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 23, 20222 min read


Screen time all the time
"Screen time here to stay," writes Cari Spencer on The 74. Teachers are trying to use the technology to engage students, even as they...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 5, 20222 min read


Can teachers make 'differentiation' work -- and not go crazy?
In my newspaper days, I talked to principals at elementary schools with above-average reading and math scores and a significant...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 3, 20222 min read


The metaverse is here — but what is it?
Photo: Julia M. Cameron/Pexels Educators will be teaching in the metaverse very soon, ready or not, write Brookings researchers in a...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 11, 20222 min read


If you can’t hire a physics teacher, is virtual OK?
A chemistry teacher live-streams into a conventional classroom. Photo: Elevate K-12 Virtual learning didn’t work well during the...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 1, 20222 min read


‘Computer science for all’ goes beyond coding
I took computer science in high school to meet boys. And I did. Nerdy boys. It was the era of paper-tape readers and punch cards. I...

Joanne Jacobs
May 11, 20223 min read


‘I’m sending my kids to screen-free schools’
Photo: Natureaddict/Pixabay Auguste Meyrat is sending his children to “screen-free” schools, he writes in The Federalist. As a teacher,...

Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20221 min read
Paper and Pencil
K-12 education should de-emphasize computers and graphing calculators in all but the highest math classes. Too many students are allowed...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 20, 20202 min read
Protecting Student Civil Rights During the Coronavirus Shutdowns
From the US Department of Education: Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov WASHINGTON — The Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 19, 20202 min read


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 30, 20181 min read
GenZ prefer YouTube videos to books
Generation Z — aka post-Millenials –prefers learning from YouTube and videos rather than printed books, reports Lauraine Genota in Ed...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 29, 20182 min read


Starting a school — slowly
In a New Orleans charter high’s first year, students beat the state school performance average, writes Matt Candler, a board member, on...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 9, 20181 min read


Digital readers crave excitment
She cites cognitive scientist Daniel T. Willingham, author of The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 22, 20182 min read


Look lively: Big Brother is watching
A Chinese high school installed cameras that monitor students’ facial expressions, reports Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times. Artificial...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 22, 20182 min read


New schools end up like old schools
High-tech schools of the future end up looking a lot like schools of the past, writes Larry Cuban in Regression to the Mean, Part 1 and...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 2, 20182 min read


A shiny new school fails
San Francisco spent $54 million to build and equip a new STEM-focused middle school to serve low-income black students — and lure...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 1, 20183 min read
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