Joanne Jacobs
You can't say that
Students don't have real discussions in his AP English class, writes 11th-grader Zach Gottlieb in the Los Angeles Times. Every one knows...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 11, 20232 min read
The young and the senseless
Ignorance rather than malice could why one fifth of young Americans think the Holocaust is a "myth," and another 30 percent aren't sure,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 10, 20231 min read
Snorble wants to be your toddler's friend: Are AI toys good for kids?
AI playmates for toddlers will be in stores next year, writes Alyssa Rosenberg, who visited New York City's Toy Fair, in the Washington...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 8, 20231 min read
'Literacy liberators' are as effective as teachers in tutoring early readers
An Oakland parent group hired and trained tutors from the community to work with early readers, reports Linda Jacobson on The 74....
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 8, 20231 min read
Training teachers in 'science of reading' improves reading
Low-performing California schools improved third-graders' reading by training teachers in how children learn to read, according to a new...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 7, 20232 min read
Portland will consider race, gender to 'support' disruptive students
Portland (OR) schools will design "support plans" for disruptive students that consider trauma, race, gender identity/presentation and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Math crisis is global: US teens do worse on PISA, but so do others
The bad news from international testing: U.S. 15-year-olds did significantly worse in math from 2018 to 2022 on the Program for...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 5, 20232 min read
WVU gives students what they want: Good grades in easy classes
West Virginia University is cutting majors and firing professors to fulfill the utilitarian vision of its president, E. Gordon Gee,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 5, 20231 min read
Yale, Harvard offer the gentlewoman's 'A'
Nearly 80 percent of grades at Yale are A's, reports Evan Gorelick in the Yale Daily News. That ranges from 52 percent in economics and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 4, 20232 min read
'P' is for propaganda
Let's dump the curriculum and teach Palestinian propaganda instead, said a group of Oakland (CA) teachers. They proposed an all-day...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 3, 20231 min read
Welcome, Caroline
My first grandchild was born yesterday, literally. She is healthy. Her mother is ecstatic. (The meds haven't quite worn off yet.) She...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20232 min read
'White flight' from overachieving Asians?
A "B" grade is an "Asian F" and a "white A," they used to say in Silicon Valley high schools. Maybe they still do, if they have enough...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Practice makes better
How do get to Carnegie Hall? Practice! It's the same for math, writes Holly Korbey on Edutopia. “They are considered dirty words, but...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 1, 20232 min read
'Fast learners' started out ahead
There are no fast learners, according to new research, writes Hechinger's Jill Barshay. Learning rates are remarkably similar --...
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