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Joanne Jacobs
7 hours ago3 min read
What's a 'good' school? Parents have more choices, need more info
As school choice expands, parents need to evaluate test scores to find a "good school."
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 72 min read
Catholic schools are closing: Can tax credits or ESAs save them?
Catholic schools are struggling to compete with tuition-free charter schools.
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 62 min read
We've hit 'peak public school,' but what comes next?
School choice is becoming the norm.
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 32 min read
Brits do it. Dutch do it. Even down in Oz they do it. Why can't US have public funding for private schools?
Starting this fall, Minnesota public schools will be required to teach third-graders to use non-binary gender pronouns in their writing ,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 101 min read
The pandemic's over, but homeschooling is still rising
Homeschooling soared when schools were closed, dropped for two years, and is now increasing again.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 311 min read
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
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 311 min read
Catholic schools ace NAEP
Catholic school students are one to two years ahead of public students in reading and math.
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Western Civ is hot: Parents are choosing classical-ed schools
Classical schools teaching Great Books and Western civ are very popular with parents.
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Edumania! McMahon is tapped as education secretary
Pro wrestling executive and former Small Business Administration chief Linda McMahon will be the next and possibly last Education...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 12, 20242 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.
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 8, 20242 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...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Trump's back: What's next for education?
What's ahead for education in Trump's second term?
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 29, 20242 min read
Rigor and results are broccoli: Ed reform has gone soft, sweet
Accountability and rigor are out for politicians and education reformers.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 22, 20242 min read
Can ESAs save Catholic schools?
Catholic schools have lost students to charters, but may rebound with the expansion of ESAs.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 16, 20241 min read
School choice is on the ballot
School choice measures are on the ballot in Kentucky, Colorado and Nebraska.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 16, 20242 min read
Who benefits from universal choice? Mostly families with kids already in private school
Arizona's universal choice program mostly benefits middle- and upper-middle-class families who already had children in private school.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Students are narrowing achievement gaps in high-choice cities
In cities with at least a third of students in charters or other choice schools, students are narrowing achievement gaps.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 8, 20241 min read
39% of public-school parents are satisfied with their child's school
Only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child's school compared to 70% of private school parents.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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 30, 20242 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.
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