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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 13, 20222 min read
After a year of not really learning, more kids repeat a grade
More students are repeating a grade, report Brooke Schultz and Heather Hollingsworth for Associated Press. Parents are asking "for...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Feckless
The sharp drop in math and reading scores is the result of "feckless" pandemic policies that kept schools closed, writes Andrew Rotherham...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Tutoring is free, but few NH families sign up
New Hampshire is giving parents $1,000 per student to pay for tutoring, but not many have signed up for the Yes, Every Student...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Black kids are a year farther behind in math: That matters, right?
Math scores for Black nine-year-olds dropped by 13 points compared to 2020, representing a year's worth of learning, reports the...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Graduation rates fall, especially for needy students
Graduation rates are down in at least 31 states, reports Sarah D. Sparks in Education Week. Low-income and special-needs students have...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Down, down, down
The pandemic -- and the response to the pandemic -- was a disaster for students. We knew that, but now we really know that. Reading and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Parents want choices
Parents want education options, concludes Never Going Back, based on a Mary 22 Harris Poll for the National Alliance for Public Charter...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 18, 20221 min read
Already behind, students are asked to do less
Students fell behind in reading and math when schools closed, and they're not likely to catch up if teachers don't assign challenging...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 17, 20221 min read
Where are the students?
Urban districts are reporting sharp drops in enrollments compared to pre-pandemic levels: New York City is down 8.3 percent. Chicago...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 16, 20221 min read
Burned out at 18
More than a third of teenagers have changed their pre-pandemic college plans according to a recent EdChoice survey, report John Kristof...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20222 min read
'Covid grads' aren't ready for college
A top student at his Milwaukee high school, Angel Hope won college scholarships and chose the University of Wisconsin at Madison, writes...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20222 min read
'If things get hard, they just quit'
After three years of pandemic-disrupted schooling, students just don't care any more, complains a teacher on Chalkbeat's After the Bell...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 6, 20222 min read
To keep kids healthy, keep them in class learning
School closures were a mistake, writes Joseph G. Allen, an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard's...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20221 min read
It's a 'long road to recovery'
When students returned to school, they began learning again, but the recovery was hampered by "high absenteeism, quarantines and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Normal in the fall?
San Diego schools have reimposed indoor mask mandates for summer school students, reports Domenick Candelieri. The city is seeing a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 12, 20221 min read
Tennessee rebounds: Is it tutors?
Reading scores have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels or better in Tennessee, according to a new analysis, reports Beth Hawkins on The 74....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 15, 20223 min read
Out the classroom door, but still teaching
While there’s little evidence of a “Big Quit” in education there may be a Significant Shift in how teachers see their options, writes...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20221 min read
No learning loss in Sweden
Photo: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels In Sweden, which kept schools open throughout the pandemic, first- through third-graders made normal...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 26, 20221 min read
Young males in trouble
We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....
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Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20222 min read
Class of ’22: Fewer males aim for college
After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...
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