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Schools Might Want to Reconsider the Push for Devices in the Classroom0
- Culture
- May 13, 2016
It’s been a rough week for electronic devices. First there was the news that smartphones – with their continual news alerts and notifications – lead to increased inattentiveness and hyperactivity. Then there was the report that British teachers suspected parental phone usage as the reason behind the decline in the conversation ability of preschoolers.
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Schools Have Created a Generation of Permit Pattys and BBQ Beckys0
- Culture
- June 28, 2018
It seems like every week there’s a new Permit Patty (a grown woman who called the police on an eight-year-old selling water without a permit), BBQ Becky (another grown woman who called the police on a man BBQing without a permit), or someone who calls the police on a lemonade stand. Beyond being an irritant and
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Schools Banning Parents from Lunchtime Visits0
- Education
- December 7, 2018
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Schools Attempt to Keep Children in the ‘Magic Womb’0
- Education
- August 17, 2020
Many children are hitting the books again for another school year in a way they never have before. Still in a COVID coma, many schools have opted for a distance learning model, or a hybrid model combining in-person and distance instruction. Yet even as we begin the new school year, reports are still emerging of
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Schools Are Wasting Student Time on Assignments Beneath Their Abilities0
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- September 26, 2018
To look at international exams and results from various tests, one would think that America’s children are dimwits. Only a quarter of high school seniors are proficient in math. Thirty-seven percent of them are proficient in reading. And in science, only 22 percent make the grade. But while these stats make our children look somewhat
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Schools Are Tracking Your Child’s Mental Health—Whether You Like It or Not0
- September 24, 2018
A worrying trend is emerging in schools across the country. With increasing regularity, school districts are tracking students’ mental health and raising flags if a screening shows something amiss. Student mental health tracking is often framed in terms of safety or prevention, arguing that all kids should be screened to identify the few who
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