Joanne Jacobs
22% of Pomona students are ‘disabled’
classified as disabled, largely because of mental-health issues such as depression or anxiety,” reports Douglas Belkin in the Wall Street...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 1, 20171 min read
Here’s how schools inflate grad rates
Public school officials are “using fraudulent methods to inflate graduation rates,” writes Bernard Gassaway in Education Week. He saw it...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 29, 20171 min read
What if everyone gets extra time on SAT?
Many more students are getting extra time to complete the SAT, primarily due to learning disability diagnoses. Is the SAT still valid?,...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 23, 20172 min read
After the disability ruling, what will change?
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act guarantees students with disabilities the chance to make “appropriately ambitious”...
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