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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20182 min read
Test-optional is not an equalizer
Test-optional college admissions tilts the playing field just a little bit more, writes Kelly Ochs Rosinger, a Penn education professor,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 22, 20181 min read
A grade-free utopia — or aristocracy?
Imagine schools and colleges without grades, writes Mark Barnes in Education Week. “Imagine classrooms where teachers never place...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20172 min read
9th-grade GPA predicts college success (or failure)
Grades, attendance, test scores and graduation rates are up in Chicago Public Schools. Helping ninth graders raise their grades is paying...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 6, 20171 min read
Majors matter
“Deciding your major plays a bigger role in determining your career earnings than does where you go to school or even deciding whether or...
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