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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 62 min read
'Give yourself a break' is bad advice: Do difficult things!
Young people need to believe they can do difficult things. Don't tell them they're fragile.
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 20, 20242 min read
It's great if kids like math, but can they do math?
K-8 students will "manipulate shapes, animals and algebraic formulas to build foundational understanding of math" on a new math platform...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 25, 20241 min read
You may already be a loser!
American kids have too much self-esteem, argues Bill Maher.
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Joanne Jacobs
May 23, 20242 min read
Ethnomath: Will kids learn more math if it's culturally relevant?
In an attempt to make math "more engaging and inclusive," some teachers are teaching what's called ethnomathematics, writes Hechinger's...
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