Joanne JacobsSep 3, 20172 minToo 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 JacobsAug 21, 20172 minLots of laptops, not much learningMaine launched its laptops-for-all program 15 years ago, reports Robbie Feinberg on NPR. “Maine became the first, and still only, state...
Joanne JacobsAug 21, 20172 minComputers enable mastery learningMastery learning — enabled by technology — is gaining popularity, reports Kyle Spencer in the New York Times Moheeb Kaied, a seventh...
Joanne JacobsAug 15, 20171 minCharters lose support, but fewer oppose choicePublic support for charter schools has fallen among Democrats and Republicans, but opposition to school vouchers and tax-credit-funded...