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9.9.2026

High Tech, Low Standards: High School in the Age of Distraction

Brian R. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

A new national survey finds that school-issued devices, AI misuse, and grade inflation are undermining learning and leaving many students feeling unprepared for the future.

10.29.2025

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10.1.2026

A comprehensive list of the responses to the Nikole Hannah-Jones article

The Education Gadfly
Nikole Hannah-Jones
10.1.2026

Do dual enrollment students still benefit despite failing college courses?

Jeff Murray
F grade
9.28.2026

It’s not AI vs. human grading. It’s which design choices you make.

Sidhi Baweja
School paper grade
9.25.2026

I also sent my children to a nonselective, overwhelmingly minority public school, but it wasn’t a sacrifice

Eva Moskowitz
Success Academy
9.25.2026

The content opportunity: Prioritizing what we teach as much as how

Miah Daughtery
School books
9.24.2026

Teach For America was once a movement. What happened?

Dale Chu
Empty classroom
9.22.2026

How states can slow the staffing surge

Aaron Garth Smith
Slow road sign
10.2.2026

My son needed to leave his school, but I did not: A reflection on Nikole Hannah-Jones’s essay

Selim Tlili
Student outside school with a backpack
10.1.2026

The uneven ground of the no-zero grading policy landscape

Kennedy Sundberg
Rocky terrain
10.1.2026

The lessons we’re not learning from Nikole Hannah-Jones

Robert Pondiscio
Nikole Hannah-Jones
9.28.2026

Bans aren’t the answer

Emily Freitag
Teacher and student with a laptop
9.25.2026

My son may be your child’s teacher this year—and why that should worry you

Alina Adams
Students with hands raised
9.24.2026

America’s high achievers are doing surprisingly well on PISA

Brandon L. Wright
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9.24.2026

How long should charter school contract terms be?

Jeff Murray
Contract signing
9.18.2026

We’ve been treating college as a career plan, but it’s failing too many students

Patrick O’Donnell
U-turn

Ohio

10.6.2026

State report cards set the baseline for math improvement in Ohio

Jessica Poiner
10.2.2026

Ohio charter schools’ performance in 2025–26

Aaron Churchill
9.29.2026

How Ohio’s brand-new advanced math policy will work

Aaron Churchill
9.25.2026

A closer look at reading results in Ohio’s urban districts

Jessica Poiner
9.23.2026

Ohio’s feel-good school report card masks poor student outcomes

Aaron Churchill
10.2.2026

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.2.26

Jeff Murray
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High Tech, Low Standards: High School in the Age of Distraction

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