Joanne Jacobs
Sense of belonging leads to college success
Most KIPP graduates feel a sense of belonging in college, according to a survey released by the charter network. However, “the majority...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 18, 20181 min read
‘White privilege’ goes too far in Oconomowoc
“Privilege” is too touchy a topic for parents in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, a mostly affluent, mostly white town, reports Annysa Johnson for...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 9, 20181 min read
Duluth kids won’t read uncomfortable books
To protect students from racial slurs that might make them feel uncomfortable and “marginalized,” Duluth public schools will drop To Kill...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 12, 20171 min read
How Miami diversifies gifted classes
Gifted classes in Miami schools include a mix of low-income and minority students, reports Claudia Rowe for the Seattle Times. That’s...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Soft discipline is bigotry of low expectations
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appears to be gearing up to rescind Obama-era discipline policies. A 2014 “Dear Colleague” letter warned...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 13, 20172 min read
Why I’m not involved in my kid’s school
Jung-ah Choi, a “college faculty member, teaching and writing about social justice, race, and education,” isn’t involved in her son’s...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 7, 20172 min read
Teaching ‘social justice’ — or propaganda?
St. Louis teachers are turning their classrooms into “hubs of social justice,” reports Kristen Taketa for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20171 min read
White teachers expect less of black students
White teachers’ low expectations for their black students could become “self-fulfilling prophecies,” concludes an analysis published in...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20172 min read
Prof: Math ‘operates as Whiteness’
A free online class on integrating social justice into high school math has been revised to focus on “social issues,” reports Toni...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 9, 20172 min read
Scores slip after ‘equity’ focus
“Racial equity” became the priority in Edina Public Schools (EPS), an affluent Minneapolis suburb, in 2013. Test scores are falling,...
Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20171 min read
Educational TV: What’s an Oreo?
Reason’s Hit & Run reminds us that they used to do children’s TV differently. The ’70s show Vegetable Soup, produced by the New York...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 28, 20172 min read
Why can’t Johnny read? It’s a parenting gap
Focusing on the racial achievement gap obscures the underlying problem, argues Ian Rowe, a visiting fellow at Fordham. The family...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 8, 20171 min read
High school band buys only ‘composers of color’
Band directors at a Minnesota high school include at least one piece by a composer of color and one by a female composer in each band...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 9, 20172 min read
Parents debate ‘racial civil rights’ day
John the Author is scheduled to speak at New Trier High on Feb. 28. New Trier High School on Chicago’s wealthy, white North Shore has...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 1, 20171 min read
Include working-class whites in ed reform
By framing education as the “civil rights issue of our time” and focusing on the racial achievement gap, reformers “tacitly made...
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