Joanne Jacobs
Michigan 3rd graders must ‘read or flunk’
Justin Jennings went to Purdue with a basketball scholarship — and third-grade reading skills, he recalls. With intensive tutoring help,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 18, 20181 min read
If schooling was as important as football
Vesia Hawkins loves football, she writes on Volume & Light, which follows Nashville schools. This year, she’s taking her young cousin to...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 19, 20182 min read
Teachers may not know how kids learn to read
How do children learn to read? Most states don’t require new elementary and special-education teachers to show they understand the...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 31, 20183 min read
‘Right to read’ fight shifts to California
The right to an education doesn’t include a right to literacy — yet. However, “a judge has ruled that California can be put on trial for...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 25, 20182 min read
How Core kids learn reading, writing
Fordham’s Reading and Writing Instruction in America’s Schools looks at how teaching has changed in the Common Core era. Middle and high...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 12, 20182 min read
Kids made honor roll, but aren’t at grade level
“It’s no use if my kids are on the school’s honor roll if they are not proficient in reading and math,” a mother tells LA School Report’s...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 30, 20171 min read
To teach reading, teach history, science …
Reading isn’t a “general skill that can be applied with equal success to all texts,” writes cognitive scientist Dan Willingham in the New...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 17, 20171 min read
First graders read better, but …
First graders are better readers than they were 12 years ago, according to an Ohio State study, reports USA Today. Students are learning...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 12, 20172 min read
NY plans to drop literacy test for teachers
Teachers won’t have to pass a test of reading and writing skills to teach in New York, reports AP. The state Board of Regents is expected...
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