3 days ago
43
At the beginning of the school year, 46% of students reported confidence in their reading abilities. By February, it was at 96%.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Teaching in 2026 comes with all kinds of distractions.
So at the beginning of the school year at Washburn High School in south Minneapolis, Maureen Mulvaney took the technology and left it at the door.
"I was frustrated. I'm battling, all the time, plagiarism. I'm battling the phones and I'm battling the computers. The kids are gaming, they're shopping, they're engaging in social media instead of engaging with each other and with me," Mulvaney said. "I thought, let's just see if we can go back to what it was."
Mulvaney, an AP Literature and English teacher, told her five sophomore classes at the beginning of the year that they woul...
