Joanne Jacobs
Is everybody cheating?
Cheating is common for college students. Many think A is the only acceptable grade.
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Joanne Jacobs
2 days ago2 min read
Only disconnect: Edtech is bad for learning
"Which computer should we buy?," asked the school administrators. "How are you planning to use the computers?," said the Apple sales rep....
Joanne Jacobs
3 days ago1 min read
College presidents, it's going to be a bumpy ride
Trump is likely to go after elite colleges and favor vocational education.
Joanne Jacobs
3 days ago2 min read
Trump will make education great again -- and also leave it to the states
President Trump's education agenda calls for more federal say and more local control.
Joanne Jacobs
4 days ago1 min read
Identity politics lost: It's time for the great rethink in education
"Your ancestors weren't villains," the meme declares. "Don't apologize for them to people who hate you." Conor Friedersdorf points out...
Joanne Jacobs
5 days ago2 min read
Watching Nemo: Movies replace outdoor play, say parents
Young kids need to play outside -- not sit inside watching a movie, say parents.
Joanne Jacobs
6 days ago2 min read
To do more, attempt less
Subtract , advises Adam Boxer, a chemistry teacher in London, on his Substack. He visits many schools and finds himself telling school...
Joanne Jacobs
7 days ago2 min read
How to lose: Parents don't want kids to see blowjobs in library books
"A lot of Americans have kids in public schools," writes Eduwonk Andrew Rotherham. " They want normal ." They don't want sexualized...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 72 min read
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Working-class Americans voted to send Donald Trump back into the White House: He ran strongly with people without college degrees ,...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 62 min read
Trump's back: What's next for education?
What's ahead for education in Trump's second term?
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 52 min read
Teaching fragility
Students stressed by the election results can skip classes tomorrow at their elite New York City private school, reports Christopher Maag...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 42 min read
More high schoolers earn more college credits -- but will they complete a degree?
Earning dual-enrollment credits may not help students complete a college degree.
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 31 min read
Teens say: America, meh
Young Americans are less patriotic than older generations.
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 22 min read
What parents want: Teach reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, civics and ...
Parents on the left, right and center agree that schools should teach reading, writing, math and civics, writes David M. Houston, a...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 12 min read
Democrats take over school board, but books stay 'banned'
When a Pennsylvania school board flipped from Republican to Democratic control, some policies changed -- but many did not.
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