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Tech that monitor kids’ feelings: Creepy or … ?
technology to monitor students’ feelings is sparking privacy concerns, reports Benjamin Herold on Education Week. No kidding. All school...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 20, 20182 min read


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
Jun 16, 20181 min read
The Incredibles are back
Incredibles 2 is a winner, writes Tyler O’Neil on PJ Media. The family of superheroes works together to defeat Screenslaver, who “uses...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 15, 20181 min read


Middle school to manufacturing
Middle-schoolers in Ohio are learning math, science and programming — and competing in contests such as MakerMinded to expose them to...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 10, 20182 min read


45% of teens are online nearly all the time
Forty-five percent of teens say they’re online nearly all the time, reports Pew Research Center. Ninety-five percent own or have access...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 7, 20181 min read


Alexa, teach my son to be polite
Nobody says “please” or “thank you” to Alexa, writes Ken Gordon in The Atlantic. He worries that the ability to command a digital...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 29, 20181 min read


The little laptop that couldn’t
In 2005, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) promised to deliver rugged $100 laptops to poor children around the world, linking them to the...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 21, 20182 min read
VR is powerful — is it dangerous for kids?
Virtual reality technology, which creates an interactive, immersive experience, is “arguably the most powerful medium in history,” writes...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 20, 20182 min read


Connected, dependent — and distracted
Fortnite Mobile, a trendy free game, is distracting students and overloading schools’ wifi, reports Patricia Hernandez on Kotaku....

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 8, 20182 min read


Udacity ends nanodegree job guarantee
Udacity has ended its get-a-job-or-your-money-back guarantee for its Nanodegree Plus program, reports Lindsay McKenzie at Inside Higher...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 22, 20182 min read


Screen waivers
Upper-middle-class parents are worried about screen time, writes Michael J. Petrilli. They worry about attention deficit disorder,...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 23, 20183 min read


Can schools police social media? Should they?
A California girl was suspended from the basketball team for retweeting Snoop Dogg holding what appears to be a marijuana joint, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 18, 20182 min read


Should teachers ban spiral notebooks?
Should schools ban spiral notebooks? After all, writes Thomas Arnett of the Christensen Institute, students often use them “to scribble...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 16, 20181 min read


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...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20181 min read


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
Feb 8, 20181 min read


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 14, 20181 min read
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
Jan 8, 20182 min read


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 21, 20171 min read


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, 20171 min read


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
Dec 1, 20171 min read
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