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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 131 min read
Student behavior is 'massively' better with no-phones policy
Students behave better and learn more when smartphones are banned.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 302 min read
Fixing classroom culture is first step to high achievement
Schools need to reset classroom culture to improve achievment.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 101 min read
Misbehavior is worse, say educators
Student misbehavior is up and motivation is down: 2024 is worse than 2023.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 82 min read
We know how to get safe, effective schools, so why settle for chaos?
Teachers and students need safe, orderly schools.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31 min read
UK will teach diverse, non-Western science
Britain's Labour Party plans to make science teaching less Western-centric and relax standards so lessons are more "enjoyable."
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Why teachers are stressed: Student misbehavior is #1 complaint
Student misbehavior is the "number one cause of job-related stress in teachers," reports Matt Lincoln for CBS12 in Palm Beach County,...
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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
Aug 1, 20242 min read
Only the education-rich can afford laissez-faire schools
Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him. She's been raised in a stable, two-parent family and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 26, 20242 min read
Harris thrills teachers' union, sticks to progressive orthodoxy
"God knows, we don't pay you enough," Kamala Harris told teachers at the American Federation of Teachers convention in Houston. That went...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 24, 20241 min read
Post-Covid kids are unfocused, poorly behaved and -- surprise! -- learning less
Student behavior hasn't recovered from the pandemic, says a federal survey of public schools.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20242 min read
Judge: 1st-graders' free-speech rights don't matter
After a lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. at a southern California elementary school, a seven -year-old white girl drew a picture with...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Teachers' unions are soft on student behavior: Is this what teachers want?
Teachers' unions want "all the things," said National Education President Becky Pringle at the annual convention. Why isn't one of those...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 7, 20242 min read
'Learn to joke,' say teens who faked teacher TikToks with sex, pedophilia
Middle school is the worst. Kids hit puberty and turn deeply stupid for a few years before they learn to handle it. Even so, the seventh...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Teachers don't have time to be therapists, cops, nurses and social workers
“Students who are habitually ungovernable should be removed from teachers’ classrooms so teachers can actually teach and students can...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20242 min read
'Teachers don't want combat pay,' they want an end to combat
Raising teacher pay won't raise student achievement or keep teachers from quitting if working conditions are bad.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 12, 20242 min read
'No excuses' model rebounds: 'A lot of anti-racist practices don't work'
Achievement fell in charters that replaced the "no excuses" model with "anti-racist practices."
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Joanne Jacobs
May 31, 20241 min read
Teachers should keep their politics to themselves, say parents
Parents overwhelmingly say teachers should keep their politics out of the classroom.
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Joanne Jacobs
May 15, 20242 min read
Teachers say students' behavior is bad, and getting worse
Half of U.S. teachers say most of their students exhibit poor or fair behavior, according to a Pew survey. The numbers are almost...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20242 min read
To stop bullying, bring back consequences -- and to hell with 'root causes'
AI-powered “nudification” apps are letting teenage boys turn real photos of their clothed classmates into "deepfake" porn to be shared...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 2, 20242 min read
Why I quit teaching: Pay was OK, but not the loss of autonomy
Ben Stein quit teaching after 20 years as a teacher and coach in the West Des Moines school district, he writes on USA Today. He was...
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