Joanne JacobsMay 8, 20221 min readTeaching about racism: Americans are dividedAmericans agree that schools should teach about historic racism and slavery, but divided on present-day racism, writes Matt Barnum on...
Joanne JacobsSep 20, 20182 min readSocial justicing mathematxJoy Pullman rants well. In The Federalist, she takes on social justice math. University of Illinois Professor Rochelle Gutierrez, who...
Joanne JacobsJul 9, 20182 min readNone dare call it trackingWell, it looks like tracking to me. And I’m fine with it. Jonathan Plucker, a Johns Hopkins education professor, sees “a subtle shift” in...
Joanne JacobsApr 29, 20182 min readRethinking high school mathMath literacy — using numbers to understand real-world problems — should be the goal of high school math classes, concludes a report from...
Joanne JacobsNov 27, 20171 min readFear of tracking undercuts apprenticeship pushAmerica’s history of tracking could doom proposals for youth apprenticeships, writes New America’s Abigail Swisher. Would a robust system...
Joanne JacobsApr 3, 20171 min readIt’s hard to create schools that ‘work for everybody’ Creating schools that “work for everybody” is a challenge, writes Education Week‘s Catherine Gewertz. When the bell rings at Wheaton...