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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
1 day ago3 min read
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If a student isn't learning, who's responsible?
Teaching students to be responsible for their actions is back in fashion.
Joanne Jacobs
5 days ago2 min read
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How virtual learning broke a top high school's culture of excellence
Eighteen months of remote schooling broke the culture of excellence at Baltimore's City College high school.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 101 min read
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Students want A's for trying hard, B's for (mostly) showing up
Gen Z students expect to be graded on effort, not achievement.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 131 min read
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'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.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 62 min read
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Teens are doing less homework, earning higher grades
Teenagers are working less and earning higher grades. Everybody's "phoning it in."
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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'D' is for 'didn't show up or do the work'
“You’ll have a kid who does nothing for the whole semester, and then last two weeks of May or June, they’ll do a couple assignments and...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 4, 20231 min read
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Poverty is down, but can they fish?
Fewer people are living in poverty, but not because they're earning more, writes Jon Baron on The Hill. We're doing better at giving...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 10, 20222 min read
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College students don't study, say classes are too hard
Most four-year college students don't spend much time studying, yet complain that classes are too hard, according to a recent survey by...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 28, 20222 min read
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