Jennifer Lee

Children and Screens: It is Time to Bring Back the Textbook? A great editorial AND call to action by Paul W. Bennett @Educhatter educhatter.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/chi…

Parents staring at screens instead of parenting is as big a problem as kids lobotomized by babysitter iPad

The #1 cause of math being inaccessible is that students are often asked to learn new things that depend on missing prerequisite knowledge.

Nothing beats this vibe 🤍 Kids of all ages rocking gorgeous traditional Fallas outfits. This is the sweetest way to keep centuries-old Spanish traditions alive. Children are the future! x.com/xmuse_/status/…

Boy athletes are repeating eighth grade in a "holdback" year to grow ahead of recruitment for college NIL packages potentially worth millions on.wsj.com/4rAVtEQ

Denmark is investing $83,754,486 in textbooks and turning away from its digital-first approach to education. This follows research showing that screens reduce concentration, impact mental health, and hurt student performance. Yet another dynamic to the EdTech debate.

Sports for profit is disastrous in so many ways. It kills family time, it’s expensive, it gives kids (and their parents) an inflated sense of their ability, cuts into church time, forces kids to specialize at a young age, causes overuse injuries, etc., etc.

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Nearly half of the men’s Sweet 16 teams are from this part of the Midwest

This is brilliant.

The dinner table is the most underrated classroom in the world

School districts across the country are claiming budget crises. But what if the data tells a different story? I built an interactive dashboard that shows how staffing and student enrollment have changed over 30+ years for any U.S. district. What's your district's story?

Incredible: Sam Seidel is a graphic design major on the @BGSU_Baseball squad. He helped design the new outfield wall at Stellar Field. Today, at the team's home opener, Seidel hit a GRAND SLAM over the wall he helped design. "The baseball gods were smiling on us today"

Because of the extraordinary generosity of Robert ’55, ’06 (Hon.) and Ellen (Bowen) ’54, ’06 (Hon.) Thompson, 200 students experienced a moment today that will stay with them for the rest of their lives: the surprise of receiving the Thompson Achiever Scholarship. For many, this is more than financial support. It is an opportunity to continue their Bowling Green experience in earning a college degree. What began with just 15 students in 2014 has grown into something transformational. In 2024, Bowling Green State University and the Thompson Foundation deepened their partnership, creating nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in scholarships and opening doors for more than 6,200 Bowling Green students by 2035. A decade of belief, investment and proven success has turned opportunity into reality for thousands. To each student receiving this scholarship today, this moment is yours. We are proud of you, we believe in you and we cannot wait to see where your path leads and the public good you will create. “Of all the things that good luck has allowed us to do for BGSU, we have received much more than we ever gave.” -Robert Thompson ’55, ’06 (Hon.)

Proposal for districts: Cut the Chromebook budget, end the multimillion dollar useless learning software contracts, cut the district office bureaucracy in half Return the savings to a teacher merit pay program

The beauty of tradition in Valencia during Las Fallas.

Since 2000, schools have hired more administrators & coordinators to handle compliance, not more teachers. • IEPs and special ed mandates • Federal accountability laws • Endless data, testing, and reporting Result: More responsibilities, less focus on the classroom.

Stop giving kids ipads and give them these . Understimulation leaves room for imagination

My answer is always “I don’t have any idea. Neither of us do. The point of school is to build a toolbox, though, and I’m offering you a tool. You’re better off having more tools than fewer when you leave here.”