Joanne Jacobs

Don't talk about who hijacked the planes on 9/11, advises a teachers' guide in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Students around the world have trouble reading complex texts and evaluating data, says the OECD, which blames heavy AI and social media use.

Reading and math scores are falling across the globe as teenagers lose the ability to pay attention.

"Science of math" advocates are winning battles, but the "math wars" continue.

Beware of shiny new things when it comes to digital tools, curriculum and teaching ideas.

Most young people don't know what jobs are available, what they pay or how to qualify.

Africans can't compete with AI for the college essay cheating business.

College students are using AI to write papers.

Teachers know how kids learn, the curriculum builds knowledge, students read great books and practice writing.

New York is headed for disaster: Fuzzy graduation standards -- with no tests -- will set students up to fail.

Non-Ivy universities are charging $100,000 a year.

Young people want career and college preparation.

I don't need "underwater basket weaving" to teach English, says 42-year-old completing a three-year bachelor's degree.

Arizona State hopes would-be influencers will enroll for a bachelor's degree in "content creation."

States will have billions to spend on youth activities or mentors or . . .

"Read books that have no interest in your identity" and "wrestle with facts that don't care how they make you feel," says University of Austin president Carlos Carvalho.

If teachers assign challenging "whole" books, will students do the reading?

"Huckleberry Finn" is disappearing from high school reading lists: It's too difficult to teach.

Helping students early -- before they fall off the academic cliff -- can be effective.

Today's college students are more likely to say they're isolated and lonely.