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At an average university, the average student is 'functionally illiterate'
College students can't read well and don't try, writes a philosophy professor.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 313 min read
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The solution to apathy is to help students learn
Learning is motivating , writes math teacher Dylan Kane on Five Twelve Thirteen. Many schools are modifying the curriculum to cater to...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 29, 20241 min read
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Can't be bothered: Kids are absent from everything, not just school
Chronic absenteeism is way up, writes Robert Pondiscio, but kids aren't just absent from school. A disturbing number of young people are...
Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20242 min read
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Truancy is the 'new normal' -- and a growing business
Tracking down absent students and persuading their parents to get them to school every day is a booming business, writes Alex MacGillis...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 10, 20242 min read
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My students are 'broken kids I cannot fix'
Teachers on Reddit are sharing horror stories of their students' emotional, social and academic melt downs, screen addictions and apathy....
Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20232 min read
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