Joanne Jacobs
Teachers of color aren’t magic solution
Teachers of color are the latest magic bullet for our education woes, writes Alina Adams on New York School Talk. Black teachers...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 31, 20171 min read
Best place to teach? Bentonville, Arkansas
Aidan Booker, 8, goes over her project with her teacher Amber Lichlyter at Willowbrook Elementary School in Bentonville. Photo: Anthony...
Joanne Jacobs
May 27, 20172 min read
Teach the controversy — but how?
In The Case for Contention, Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson argue for the Enlightenment tradition, writes David Steiner in an...
Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20172 min read
Teacher: Workforce prep isn’t my job
When Ohio Gov. John Kasich proposed requiring teachers to serve an “externship” at a business to renew their teacher’s licenses, there...
Joanne Jacobs
May 17, 20171 min read
Most teachers get bad deal on pensions
Pensions are a bad deal for most teachers, conclude Bellwether’s Chad Aldeman and Kelly Robson in an Education Next article. While some...
Joanne Jacobs
May 7, 20172 min read
Diamonds in the rough — or roughnecks?
Rebels and rule-breakers may be original thinkers who will change the world, writes teacher Ashley Lamb-Sinclair in The Atlantic. Albert...
Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20172 min read
Is teacher tenure on the way out?
Tenure is on the way out in universities, writes Checker Finn. Seven out of 10 university instructors are contingent employees; most work...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 23, 20171 min read
Study: Merit pay works
Merit pay for teachers can lead to higher test scores for students, reports Ed Week‘s Teacher Beat. In the U.S., teacher participation in...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 14, 20171 min read
NCTQ names Great Districts for Great Teachers
District of Columbia Public Schools and Gwinnett County (Georgia) Public Schools top the list of Great Districts for Great Teachers,...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 4, 20171 min read
Not a hero, not a hack
The documentary Teacher of the Year showcases a North Carolina social studies teacher who’s neither a hack nor a hero, writes Andrew...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 26, 20172 min read
Kid-friendly ‘Martian’ teaches science
An astronaut is stranded on Mars, nobody knows he’s alive and rescue is four years away, far longer than his food supply will hold out....
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 22, 20171 min read
Learning to spot ‘fake news’
Is it real or is it malarkey? Vicki Davis at Cool Cat Teacher is offering 3 Fast, Free Lesson Plans to Fight Fake News. #criticalthinking...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 13, 20171 min read
Teachers outsource grading
Teacher have outsourced grading at two Michigan public schools that are “teacher-powered,” reports Education Week Teacher. Washtenaw...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 8, 20171 min read
British teachers try police-style body cameras
British teachers are wearing police-style body cameras to deter and document disruption by their students, reports the BBC. Two schools...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 27, 20171 min read
Teacher posts ‘shooting’ Trump video
“A high school art teacher in Dallas posted an Instagram video of herself ‘shooting’ an image of Donald Trump with a squirt gun and...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 6, 20171 min read
Take away the takeaway
Diana Senechal criticizes our cultural emphasis on takeaways, “the surety squeezed from things unsure,” in a TEDx talk. Teachers must...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 21, 20161 min read
DC focuses teacher training on (!) teaching
D.C. Public Schools’ teacher training was a waste of time, Kelly Vergamini told the Washington Post. “But after spending 90 minutes each...
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