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UK schools will show 'Adolescence' to warn teens about toxic 'manosphere'
British schools may show Netflix's "Adolescence" to warn students about online misogyny and "incel culture."
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 42 min read
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Dump the devices and bring back textbooks
Good, old-fashioned printed textbooks are valuable learning guides.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 202 min read
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Mental health programs increased emotional problems in English schools
Programs designed to improve students' mental health made things worse in the long run, reports a study in England.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 82 min read
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Brits do it. Dutch do it. Even down in Oz they do it. Why can't US have public funding for private schools?
Starting this fall, Minnesota public schools will be required to teach third-graders to use non-binary gender pronouns in their writing ,...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 32 min read
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Trump: Ed Dept is 'a big con job'
President Trump called the Education Department a "big con," and said most states could do better on their own.
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 142 min read
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Dumber and dumber: Americans, young and old, are slipping
Achievement is falling, and gaps are widening, for American students and adults since well before the pandemic.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 282 min read
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UK will teach diverse, non-Western science
Britain's Labour Party plans to make science teaching less Western-centric and relax standards so lessons are more "enjoyable."
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31 min read
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Poland mandates firearms training for students
Polish students 13 and older will learn to use firearms in school.
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 21, 20241 min read
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Is a college degree worth the cost? 45% say 'no'
Americans think college costs too much and want more focus on preparing students for jobs.
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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U.S. math scores show 'devastating' decline
U.S. students are doing much worse in math, while some other countries are improving.
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 5, 20242 min read
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Students learn more math when the teacher teaches
Direct instruction helps more students learn more math compared to student-led methods.
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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You may already be a loser!
American kids have too much self-esteem, argues Bill Maher.
Joanne Jacobs
May 25, 20241 min read
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Schools in England will teach 'biological sex' -- not 'gender spectrum'
Schools in England will not teach students about "gender identity," under a new government draft guidance, reports Andrew McDonald for...
Joanne Jacobs
May 17, 20242 min read
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Teachers say students' behavior is bad, and getting worse
Half of U.S. teachers say most of their students exhibit poor or fair behavior, according to a Pew survey. The numbers are almost...
Joanne Jacobs
May 15, 20242 min read
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Gaza war is not top issue for college students
Only 8 percent of college students have protested the war in Gaza -- on either side -- according to a new Generation Lab survey, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20241 min read
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Job or college? Germany adds flexibility to apprenticeship system
One German state is adding flexibility to its two-track education system, writes Frieda Klotz on the Hechinger Report. German students...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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Teachers are fed up with student misbehavior, classroom chaos
The "new normal" of student behavior -- a toxic mix of disrespect, disruption, violence and apathy -- is driving teachers to despair,...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20243 min read
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The Finnish miracle is finished, but why?
Finland! Finland! Finland! Twenty years ago, Finland's top-of-the-world PISA scores made it "the most widely celebrated and imitated...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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Ban phones in school: The experiment with kids' minds has failed
Smart phones are making students less smart, writes Derek Thompson in The Atlantic. Student achievement has been falling around the world...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 23, 20232 min read
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Math crisis is global: US teens do worse on PISA, but so do others
The bad news from international testing: U.S. 15-year-olds did significantly worse in math from 2018 to 2022 on the Program for...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 6, 20232 min read
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