Joanne Jacobs
Remote ed was double-whammy for poor students
Remote learning widened achievement gaps in states and districts that kept schools closed the longest, concludes a working paper by...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 9, 20182 min read
Who’s #1 in ed? Ranking for quality, not $
Which state has the best schools? Traditional rankings, such as those in U.S. News, factor in school spending, write Stan Liebowitz and...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 6, 20182 min read
Dual credit doesn’t help weak students
Dual-credit (or dual enrollment) programs are expanding rapidly across the nation. Students — not just high achievers — usually take...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 14, 20182 min read
They call it ‘Algebra 2,’ but . . .
Student can take “financial Algebra 2” instead of the regular course in Noblesville, Indiana, reports Shaina Cavazos on Chalkbeat. The...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 29, 20172 min read
Officer Friendly doesn’t work here any more
Whatever happened to Officer Friendly? asks Eric Easter of Urban News Service. “I remember Officer Friendly used to come from 1st to 4th...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 26, 20171 min read
Where poor kids are learning — Texas
Only 4 percent of schools have closed the economic achievement gap, according to the Education Equality Index. Brownsville, Texas, a...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 11, 20171 min read
‘I can’t answer test questions on my poems’
I Can’t Answer These Texas Standardized Test Questions About My Own Poems, writes Sara Holbrook in the Huffington Post. Old STAAR...
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