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Silicon Valley runs on Asian tech talent: 66% of workers are immigrants
Two-thirds of Silicon Valley tech workers are immigrants: Half were born in Asia.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 151 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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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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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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California tells schools: Go easy on homework
A new California law urges school to set homework policies that ease stress and promote "equity."
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31 min read
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Return of the nerds: US should honor mathletes as much as athletes
Honor mathletes and science fair winners or plan to import a lot of high-tech immigrants.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 22 min read
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The true meaning of Christmas
Christmas traditions are worth preserving.
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 24, 20242 min read
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Star of wonder, star of light
A Sikh immigrant's Christmas tableau has become a community tradition in a California town.
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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It's time for separation of race and state: No more little boxes
The Census doesn't ask people about their religion. Why not stop putting Americans in pseudo-racial boxes? , asks Michael Lind. The...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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The first Thanksgiving for newcomers
Fifth-graders who remember when they first came to the U.S. serve Thanksgiving food to newcomers at a Michigan school.
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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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
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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Diplomas for all: Massachusetts will vote on ending state graduation standards
A Massachusetts ballot measure ending state graduation requirements is backed by 58% of voters, says new poll.
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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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 20, 20242 min read
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Well-behaved, motivated newcomers may raise classmates' achievement
U.S.-born students learn more when their classmates are immigrants, says a new study.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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As immigrants fill empty seats, schools scramble to teach them
" Migrants coming here as been a godsend " for New York City schools threatened with closure because of declining enrollment, Schools...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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The baby bust is global: China adopts 3-child policy
China dropped the one-child policy in 2015, after 30 years. The new slogan was: "One child is too few, while two are just right." Birth...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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Racial achievement gaps: Poverty, parents explain some (not all) of differences
Socioeconomic status explains some of the Black/White achievement gap and most of the Hispanic/White achievement gap.
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Silicon Valley parents push back on ethnic studies
Parents want to know what will be taught in soon-to-be-mandatory ethnic studies class.
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Minnesota adopts woke-centric social studies standards
Minnesota have approved "the most ideologically progressive and intellectually vapid social studies standards in America," writes Max...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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$250K for 'woke' training: Reading, math scores fall even lower
Training teachers to "disrupt whiteness" isn't helping children learn at a Bay Area school, reports Jill Tucker in the San Francisco...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 5, 20242 min read
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