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Schoolifying — or suckifying — Minecraft

Microsoft is trying to “schoolify” Minecraft without “suckifying” it, writes Anya Kamenetz in NPR. Minecraft, which lets players build a 3-D world out of “blocks,” has sold more than 121 million copies...

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Can we blame video games for violence?

Lonely and miserable, the Florida shooter played video games for as much as 15 hours a day, Paul Gold, a former neighbor, told the Miami Herald. “It was kill, kill, kill, blow up something, and kill...

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VR is powerful — is it dangerous for kids?

Australian students walked on the moon, virtually, in 2016. Photo: Troy Snook Virtual reality technology, which creates an interactive, immersive experience, is “arguably the most powerful medium in...

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Tackling ‘culture’— but not tools — of violence

The Trump administration’s school safety commission will examine the “culture of violence,” but not the role of guns, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told a Senate committee yesterday. A spokesman...

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Counselors are the first to be cut

Colorado is investing in school counselors to improve success rates for low-income students reports Hechinger’s Sarah Gonser. As of 2016, the most recent year for which data is available, graduation...

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Not so smart no more

IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen steadily in developed countries: The “Flynn effect” is...

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New schools end up like old schools

Philadelphia’s high-tech School of the Future, which opened in 2006, cost $62 million. High-tech schools of the future end up looking a lot like schools of the past, writes Larry Cuban in Regression...

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Mississippi kids become winners at chess

Donovan Moore helped his team from Franklin County, Mississippi place 10th at the national chess championships. Someone — nobody knows who — paid a chess coach to to teach the game to grade schoolers...

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By 11, most kids quit sports teams

American kids are less likely to play team sports and most quit by age 11, reports Evan Bleier on InsideHook, citing a national survey by the Aspen Institute and Utah State. Who sticks with it? Kids...

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