Joanne Jacobs
Magical thinking on teaching math
We know a lot about how to teach students who have trouble learning math, writes researcher Tom Loveless. Why not use that? Photo:...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20222 min read
‘Financial lit’ vs. ‘don’t buy what you can’t afford’
Georgia is making “financial literacy” a graduation requirement, reports Carmen Reinecke on CNBC. It’s the 13th state to mandate...
Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20222 min read
Remote learning was a disaster
Photo: Marta Wave/Pexels Remote learning was an academic disaster, writes David Leonhardt. And it may have been unnecessary. In March...
Joanne Jacobs
May 4, 20222 min read
Aviation students solve problems — before the crash
Students are learning math, engineering and problem solving through a curriculum designed by the nonprofit Aircraft Owners and Pilots...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 30, 20181 min read
Unprepared to learn — or even to try
Credit: ClipartXtras Having failed their way through middle school, students are passed on to high school, writes Darren Miller on Right...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 29, 20181 min read
Math licensing test is too hard, say teachers
Does a third-grade teacher need to know high school math? asks Ann Doss Helms in the Charlotte Observer. “Almost 2,400 North Carolina...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12, 20182 min read
Drill and instill math skills
To learn math, drill and instill math skills, writes Barbara Oakley in the New York Times opinion column. If it’s hard, so much the...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 19, 20182 min read
One track for math: Is equity unfair?
Nobody takes algebra in eighth grade in San Francisco’s district schools any more, reports Ed Week‘s Stephen Sawchuk. In the name of...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 10, 20182 min read
Middle school to manufacturing
Middle-schoolers in Ohio are learning math, science and programming — and competing in contests such as MakerMinded to expose them to...
Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20182 min read
What I learned from studying math
On Medium, Alex Korchinski writes about what he learned by majoring in applied math — other than math. He learned to tolerate frustration...
Joanne Jacobs
May 16, 20181 min read
Are test scores irrelevant?
Students defended their Providence, Rhode Island middle school in a panel discussion sponsored by Generation Citizen, reports the...
Joanne Jacobs
May 10, 20181 min read
2 + 2 = 4, intolerant teacher tells kids
A Muncie, Indiana teacher told her kindergarten class that “two plus two equals four . . . no matter how anyone feels about it,” reports...
Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20182 min read
How Asian kids ace exams for elite schools
At a highly selective public magnet school, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology near Washington D.C., 65 percent of...
Joanne Jacobs
May 4, 20181 min read
Let teachers teach
Teachers teach better than students, writes Alex Tabarrok on Marginal Revolution. “A slew of research shows that direct instruction...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 29, 20182 min read
Rethinking high school math
Math literacy — using numbers to understand real-world problems — should be the goal of high school math classes, concludes a report from...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 10, 20182 min read
Nation’s report card shows ‘lost decade’
Reading and math proficiency isn’t improving for fourth- and eighth-graders, according to the 2017 National Assessment of Education...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 22, 20181 min read
Even confident, capable girls don’t study STEM
Girls who are high achievers in math, and confident about their ability, are less likely to major in math, engineering and science than...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 21, 20181 min read
Equality widens STEM’s gender gap
In gender-equal Norway and Finland, 20 percent of college graduates in science, engineering and math are women, compared to 41 percent in...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 30, 20182 min read
Teacher coaches boost math learning
“Extending the reach of excellent teachers,” the goal of Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative, improves math achievement,...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 28, 20172 min read
Remediation called ‘segregation machine’
Community college placement tests create a “segregation machine,” pushing Latinos and blacks to dead-end remedial courses, a professor...
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