Joanne Jacobs
Urban charters raise achievement -- or they close
Urban charter schools improve learning for disadvantaged minority students, and competition often improves nearby district schools.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 302 min read
Reform can work: Closing bad schools and opening new ones improved learning in Denver
Denver Public Schools improved -- a lot -- in part by closing bad schools and opening new ones.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 292 min read
71% of students say they'd report a professor for 'wrongthink'
College students are unwilling to tolerate professors with "offensive" opinions.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 282 min read
Americans still want their kids to go to college, but ...
Most people worry about college costs, but want their children to go to a two-year or four-year college.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 272 min read
Lowering remedial 'barrier' doesn't raise college graduation rates
Community colleges are starting more students in college-level classes, with remedial help on the side.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 262 min read
The honesty gap: 'How are parents supposed to understand this?'
States are hiding pandemic learning loss by lowering the bar for "proficiency" on state tests.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 252 min read
No return to normal: Homeschooling is still growing
Homeschooling surged during the pandemic, and continues to grow.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 242 min read
U.S. history teachers prefer DIY curriculum to textbooks
U.S. history teachers are using "digital sources and primary documents" rather than textbooks , according to a report by the American...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 241 min read
To form a more perfect union, teach students to respect the Constitution
At Vertex Partnership Academies , a charter high school in the Bronx, students recite the Preamble to the Constitution every day, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 243 min read
Is free speech just for nice speech? Students (and adults) need to know civics
Tim Walz, a former social studies teacher who hopes to be vice president, said, “There’s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 231 min read
Bible stories shouldn't be 'forbidden fruit'
Students won't understand what they read if they're not familiar with the Bible, mythology, history and literature.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 232 min read
Books are too long and boring, say English teachers
When I was in school in the '60s, we read Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights , Great Expectations, Hard Times, Canterbury Tales, The...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 221 min read
Parents, don't drive yourself crazy
"Intensive parenting" is driving parents crazy.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 211 min read
Covid stress hurt memory, 'flexible thinking' for kids and teachers, says study
Students -- and teachers -- lost reasoning, memory and executive-function skills during the pandemic. Stress? Long Covid? Screens?
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 202 min read
Chicago to teachers: Give migrant students a 70% and pass them along
Chicago teachers say they were told to pass all migrant students, regardless of their academic skills.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 192 min read
Special ed is failing: With no time to meet diverse needs, teachers lower expectations
Overwhelmed by the number of students with different needs, teachers tend to lower expectations, writes veteran teacher.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 192 min read
After the pandemic, more students are diagnosed with special needs
Special education numbers are up.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 182 min read
The lonely teacher: Schools need freedom to rethink teaching
The one-teacher, one-classroom model is leaving teachers exhausted, isolated and ready to quit, according to a National Council on...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 172 min read
Content doesn't matter in 'competency' class: K-pop, African foods, Ray Charles . . .
Elementary schoolers learn Mandarin from a teacher, while a middle-schooler reads up on Ray Charles and another studies the Titanic. ...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 162 min read
Well-behaved, motivated newcomers may raise classmates' achievement
U.S.-born students learn more when their classmates are immigrants, says a new study.
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