Joanne JacobsFeb 19, 20182 minCan we blame video games for violence?Lonely and miserable, the Florida shooter played video games for as much as 15 hours a day, Paul Gold, a former neighbor, told the Miami...
Joanne JacobsFeb 18, 20182 minCan 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 JacobsFeb 17, 20182 minNaked tykes by the fire pitSara Zaske moved to Germany with a four-year-old daughter, then gave birth to a son. In Achtung Baby she praises “the German art of...
Joanne JacobsFeb 16, 20181 minShould 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 JacobsFeb 16, 20181 minRequiring the impossible leads to fraudWashington, D.C. public schools were held up as a model of “expert driven” education reform, writes Max C. Eden and Lindsey Burke on...
Joanne JacobsFeb 15, 20181 minThe high cost of cheap diplomas“Making graduation too easy” doesn’t just undermine “the motivations of students (and teachers),” writes Robert Slavin, who directs the...