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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Black male teachers are not security guards
If schools want more black male teachers, principals will have to let them be teachers — not security guards — writes Durrell Burns....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 4, 20223 min read
Gender lessons: Boy parts, girl parts
gender identity, reports Laura Meckler in the Washington Post. “Seven states now require that curriculums include LGBTQ topics,” she...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20222 min read
Want to be antiracist? Teach kids to read
Education Week reports that a growing number of school districts are asking would-be teachers: “What have you done personally or...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 23, 20222 min read
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 23, 20221 min read
Science teachers: Don’t say ‘parent’
Who are these people? Photo: Serrano1004/Pixabay Don’t say “parent,” advises a feature article in the National Science Teaching...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20222 min read
Teach students to meet deadlines, handle stress
When schools closed and classes went online, expectations fell. Some students had trouble accessing classes or younger siblings to tend...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 12, 20221 min read
Teaching kids to share crayons isn’t intrusive
Teaching social and emotional skills — done properly — is an essential part of teaching, argues Fordham intern Nathaniel Grossman. It’s...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 11, 20223 min read
‘Computer science for all’ goes beyond coding
I took computer science in high school to meet boys. And I did. Nerdy boys. It was the era of paper-tape readers and punch cards. I...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 10, 20222 min read
Causing discomfort remains legal
Lessons that cause students discomfort remain legal everywhere, even in Florida, writes Peter Minowitz, a Santa Clara University...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20221 min read
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
Jul 16, 20211 min read
You’re not a ‘visual’ (or ‘auditory’) learner
Nearly all teachers believe that students learn best when taught to their preferred learning style, but there’s no evidence that’s true....
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20182 min read
Teach history, not ‘social studies’ units
Periodically, my eighth-grade teacher would fill the blackboard with everything we should “know” for the test. I remember “1777” (battle...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 25, 20182 min read
When high hopes meet low expectations
Most students “meet the demands of their assignments” more than two-thirds of the time, yet demonstrate mastery of grade-level standards...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 22, 20181 min read
‘Sit Down and Shut Up’
On his first day in the classroom, Henderson was cursed and threatened by one of his students. He called a monitor to escort the student...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 20, 20182 min read
Social justicing mathematx
Joy Pullman rants well. In The Federalist, she takes on social justice math. University of Illinois Professor Rochelle Gutierrez, who...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 17, 20182 min read
Raising achievement in Atlanta — without cheating
New York Times reporter Sara Mosle looks at an Atlanta principal who’s trying to raise reading and math performance at her high-poverty,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 10, 20182 min read
Don’t let Johnny drive the bus
Putting students in charge of their own learning is a harmful fad, argues Richard Ullman, who has taught high school in New York for 29...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 5, 20181 min read
Who will teach? Not my kid
A majority of U.S. parents don’t want their children to become teachers, according to a recent PDK International Poll, reports Kate...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 4, 20181 min read
Excellent teachers or small classes?
What’s more important: excellent teachers or small class sizes? Singapore’s educational success is based on highly qualified,...
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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...
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