Michael Zwaagstra

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Michael Zwaagstra: Schools Are Teaching Reading Wrong and Our Kids Are Falling Behind

Przemek Klos/ShutterstockCommentaryIf students don’t learn how to read, not much else that happens at school is going to matter.

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Michael Zwaagstra: How Schools Can Adapt to New AI Reality

ADSupport UsViewpointsOpinionA teacher works with her students in a science class in a high school in Homestead, Fla., on March…

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Michael Zwaagstra: Believe It or Not, the US Could Learn From Canada and Scrap Its Education Department

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks to reporters during a briefing at the White House in Washington on Nov. 20,…

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Michael Zwaagstra: So-called ‘Gradeless Learning’ Fails Both Students and Taxpayers

“Gradeless learning” has been around for decades and has been shown to be a failed educational theory, writes Michael Zwaagstra.…

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Michael Zwaagstra: Schools Should Keep AI in Its Proper Place

Students arrive at an elementary school in Montreal in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Christinne MuschiCommentaryAt the dawn of a…

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