Joanne Jacobs
Zoom U was very bad for students
College students are not OK, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches first-year writing at Southern Methodist University, in a New York...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 15, 20182 min read
How to motivate students
Many believe “extrinsic” motivators, such as incentives, “decrease student effort by eroding students’ intrinsic desire to learn,” they...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 15, 20181 min read
The high cost of cheap diplomas
“Making graduation too easy” doesn’t just undermine “the motivations of students (and teachers),” writes Robert Slavin, who directs the...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20171 min read
50 is the new 0
Is 50 is the new 0?, writes Kate Stoltzfus on Education Week Teacher. Schools in Maryland and Virginia are implementing “no zero”...
Joanne Jacobs
May 22, 20172 min read
Travis thought C’s were OK — till he failed college
Telling kids they can go to college, even if they earn mediocre or poor grades, undercuts the work ethic they’ll need to succeed, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 11, 20172 min read
Busy work kills love of reading
School assignments killed his son’s love of reading, writes Tony on Leading Motivated Learners. Reading logs and summaries became a...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 10, 20171 min read
Tired of school
“Academic apathy” is common in high school, writes Laura Handby Hudgens on The Federalist. She thinks students are burning out in middle...
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