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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 25, 20182 min read
‘No big payoffs’ to teacher evaluation push
Teacher-effectiveness programs funded by the Gates Foundation didn’t improve students’ achievement, reports Madeline Will in Ed Week. A...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20181 min read
Tried-and-true vs. innovation
Educators are obsessed with innovation, while ignoring the tried and true, writes Mike Schmoker in Education Week. For example, “ongoing...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 26, 20171 min read
Reinventing school districts
The 74 is running excerpts from the book. “Schools work better when their leaders have the autonomy to run their schools; when they are...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 4, 20172 min read
Valedictorians — but not visionaries
Most valedictorians don’t become “disruptive” innovators — or millionaires, reports The 74. “[Valedictorians] do well, but they don’t go...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20171 min read
Indianapolis innovates
Indianapolis is expanding school choice, writes David Osborne in Education Next. In addition to having a mayor who can authorize charter...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 24, 20171 min read
Beyond the classroom
New high schools are “demolishing the classroom,”, writes Leslie Nguyen-Okwu on OZY. With a $10 million grant from the XQ: Super Schools...
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