Content by Tara García Mathewson

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EducationSuperHighway Is Leading the Charge to Close the ‘Homework Gap’
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In October 2019, I shared the news that the classroom connectivity gap in U.S. schools is effectively closed. More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable...
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Student Ed Tech Entrepreneurs Argue They Know What Classrooms Need
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The majority of educational technology is designed for student use. And it’s almost always designed by adults, few of whom consult with kids before they start mass-producing their products and...
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Teach Kids to Think As They Read, and Revise What They Write
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Once students learn how to sound out words, reading is easy. They can speak the words they see. But whether they understand them is a different question entirely. Reading comprehension is complicated...
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Industrial-Style Teaching Needs an Upgrade
Tara García Mathewson
Some of the most celebrated education reform efforts today serve to make instruction more difficult. Personalized learning, project-based learning, mastery-based learning—they all require more work...