Joanne Jacobs
Can charters be ‘schools of virtue’
Urban Catholic schools are closing, victims of an obsolete funding model, writes Stephanie Saroki de García of Seton Partners. The...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 25, 20182 min read
Grading ‘floors’ can become learning ceilings
After a grade-switching scandal at two high schools, Memphis Superintendent Dorsey Hopson has issued a moratorium on “grade floors,”...
Joanne Jacobs
May 11, 20171 min read
Charters get $5,721 less per student
Charter schools in 14 cities received an average of $5,721 less per student in federal, state, local and private funding than...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 19, 20161 min read
Chicago’s empty high schools
Although Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is “essentially bankrupt,” the district is operating dozens of half-empty schools, reports Chicago...
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