Joanne Jacobs
Akron raises grad rate by lowering expectations
Akron’s graduation rate will soar to 93 percent this year. It’s not progress, writes Fordham’s Chad Aldis. The district lowered the bar...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 10, 20182 min read
The revolt against algebra
Algebra 2 is the gatekeeper to college, writes Pamela Burdman, of Just Equations on EdSource Today. Many students never make it past. “A...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 8, 20181 min read
Computer science instead of Algebra II?
Ohio students will be able to take advanced computer science instead of Algebra II under a new law, reports Leo Versel in Education Week....
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 3, 20181 min read
Ohio: No job skills needed to be ‘career ready’
Ohio will put a career readiness seal on the diplomas of graduates who’ve mastered skills such as teamwork and creativity,...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 11, 20171 min read
Show up, volunteer, get a diploma
But many students won’t make it, legislators feared. Now schools are hiring “interventionists” and scrambling to put weak students on...
Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20172 min read
Teacher: Workforce prep isn’t my job
When Ohio Gov. John Kasich proposed requiring teachers to serve an “externship” at a business to renew their teacher’s licenses, there...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 25, 20171 min read
Ohio may lower graduation requirements
Ohio raised its graduation requirements, promising graduates would be ready for college and careers. Now the state Board of Education is...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 6, 20172 min read
Choice wars
New America’s Kevin Carey lamented “dismal voucher results” in the New York Times, which followed with an editorial calling choice an...
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