Joanne Jacobs
Teaching about racism: Americans are divided
Americans agree that schools should teach about historic racism and slavery, but divided on present-day racism, writes Matt Barnum on...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 14, 20182 min read
In defense of (good) homework
Homework can help students learn and narrow the achievement gap, writes Janine Bempechat, clinical professor of human development at...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 19, 20181 min read
Grade inflation is expanding
Grade inflation is expanding, especially at high schools with affluent students, concludes a Fordham’s newest study, Grade Inflation in...
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
Mar 15, 20182 min read
Parents of dyslexics: Teach phonics
Parents of children with dyslexia forced their school district to teach phonics, reports Emily Hanford on NPR. Upper Arlington, Ohio...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 29, 20182 min read
IP to STEP 7 means … ???
Parents need report cards they can understand, writes Ed Navigator‘s David Keeling. He analyzes a report card filled with acronyms and...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20181 min read
School choice shouldn’t be controversial
School choice shouldn’t be controversial, writes Chris Stewart on Citizen Ed. School Choice Week reminds us that “hundreds of thousands...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20171 min read
Boston starts at 7:15 am, so teens can sleep in
To give teens more time to sleep, Boston Public Schools will start high schools later and elementary and K-8 schools earlier. Most high...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20171 min read
Parents prefer private schools
Ninety-three percent of private-school parents and 90 percent of homeschoolers were satisfied with their children’s education, compared...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 14, 20171 min read
What do parents want? What can schools do?
In Pondering Parent 3.0, Mike Goldstein, the founder and former CEO of Match Education in Boston, and former Chief Academic Officer of...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 14, 20172 min read
How parents choose schools
One daughter goes to a small, fast-paced STEM-focused school with few arts, language, sports or extracurricular options, Fordham’s Jeff...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 29, 20172 min read
The best school? Or the one with the best students?
Parents don’t choose the most effective schools, according to an analysis of New York City’s high school application system, reports Gail...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 1, 20171 min read
Parents have high hopes, but not always realistic
Parents have high, but not always realistic, hopes for their children’s futures, reports Sarah D. Sparks on Education Week. Nearly 70...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 30, 20171 min read
PDK: 1/3 of parents prefer public schools
Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose “allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense” in the 2017...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 11, 20172 min read
Keeping the proles down
The college-educated class is “making sure their children retain their privileged status,” while the children of other classes have...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 19, 20172 min read
Anti-choice folks choose for their own kids
People who exercise choice in educating their own children want black parents to exercise patience, writes Sharif El-Mekki, principal of...
Joanne Jacobs
May 4, 20172 min read
If charters work, do vouchers fail?
Washington, D.C. students who win the voucher lottery earn lower math scores than lottery losers, especially in elementary school,...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 29, 20172 min read
Chinese students know anyone could be watching
Thousands of schools in China “are installing webcams in classrooms and streaming live on websites that are open to the public,”...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 17, 20172 min read
Is your 6th grader on track for college?
Parents need to know whether their middle schoolers are on track for college success, writes Fordham’s Mike Petrilli. If students might...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 6, 20172 min read
Choice wars
New America’s Kevin Carey lamented “dismal voucher results” in the New York Times, which followed with an editorial calling choice an...
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