Joanne Jacobs
Black boys lack ‘a teacher who looks like me’
Boys do better with male teachers and non-white students better with a same-race teacher, studies show. Yet, 77 percent of teachers are...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 20, 20181 min read
‘Unity Day’ fails
A Maryland high school’s “Unity Day” activity meant to confront and tear down stereotypes ended in tears, reports Emily Chappell in the...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 27, 20171 min read
Racial quotas for special ed?
Percentage of children and youth ages 3–21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by race/ethnicity: 2014–15...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 10, 20172 min read
New suspension policy does little in Philly
Philadelphia’s discipline reforms, which limited suspensions, improved attendance but not achievement for previously suspended students...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20171 min read
White teachers expect less of black students
White teachers’ low expectations for their black students could become “self-fulfilling prophecies,” concludes an analysis published in...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 23, 20173 min read
Won’t know much about history
“They’re trying to take away our history,” said President Trump at an Arizona rally. He cited the middle-of-the-night removal of The...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 11, 20172 min read
To get into Princeton, show ‘cultural flavor’
Asian-Americans look alike to Princeton admissions officers, reports Molly Hensley-Clancy on BuzzFeed. She analyzes documents produced in...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 26, 20171 min read
College ‘diversity council’ admits racism hoax
Posters calling for “white Americans” to report “illegal aliens” alarmed Gustavus Adolphus College students, who flooded Bias Response...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20171 min read
Beware the bias police
Universities are creating “Bias Response Teams” to investigate offensive speech, reports the Foundation for Individual Rights in...
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