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Court ruling on Catholic charter could be a poison pill
If the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of faith-based charters, 46 states would have to allow religious charters -- or no charters at all
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 311 min read
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Catholic schools ace NAEP
Catholic school students are one to two years ahead of public students in reading and math.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 311 min read
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Fixing classroom culture is first step to high achievement
Schools need to reset classroom culture to improve achievment.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 302 min read
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Schools need to get more brains for the bucks
School spending soared in the last 10 years as test scores fell -- except in states such as Louisiana and Mississippi.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 301 min read
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Reading, math scores are out: 'The news is not good'
Reading scores are still falling on the "nation's report card," while math scores are the same.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 292 min read
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Parents say kids are learning in school, but students say 'meh'
Parents overestimate how well their children are doing in school.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 291 min read
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Dumber and dumber: Americans, young and old, are slipping
Achievement is falling, and gaps are widening, for American students and adults since well before the pandemic.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 282 min read
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Covid school closings hurt kids' learning, health and happiness -- for nothing
Reopening schools didn't increase Covid cases, hospitalizations or deaths in five countries. But kids learned more.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 272 min read
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Who's scaring immigrant kids away from school?
"Activists" are spreading hysteria and scaring immigrant kids away from school.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 262 min read
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Snitching on your neighbor
"Bias reporting" urges people to turn their neighbors in for "wrongthink."
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 253 min read
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DEI's done: Let's see what a colorblind America looks like
Donald Trump's executive order ending racial preferences will have far-reaching effects.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 243 min read
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Trumpy young men (and women)
Young Americans are optimistic about Trump's presidency and moving rightward in their politics.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 232 min read
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How 'woke' are schools?
U.S. students are exposed to anti-racist messages, but most say their teachers welcome diverse viewpoints.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 222 min read
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Meritocracy 2.0: Can we celebrate weird geniuses and jocks?
Can we create a merit-based society that's more than a rat race?
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 212 min read
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Biden's education legacy: Lots of spending, no new ideas
Biden's education legacy: He gave schools billions to recover from the pandemic, but didn't focus on learning.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 202 min read
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The clock ticks for TikTok -- or not
TikTok is supposed to go dark today, but may get more time.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 191 min read
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Can you read cursive? There's (unpaid) work for 'citizen archivists' who can read old documents
The National Archives are looking for cursive-reading volunteers to transcribe and catalog historical documents.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 182 min read
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Burned out: LA students and teachers lose their homes -- and their schools
Los Angeles students and their teachers are trying to get back to school after devastating wildfires.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 172 min read
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Creative in what?
Schools can't teach creativity as a general skill applicable to all fields.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 161 min read
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Atticus learns to read: Teaching phonics works
K-1 students made significant gains when teachers used UFLI Foundations, a systematic phonics and phonemic awareness program.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 151 min read
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