Joanne Jacobs
A new choice in New Orleans: District opens a non-charter school
New Orleans is no longer an all-charter district.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 112 min read
Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda
The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 262 min read
If minority parents choose a charter, that's not 'resegregation'
Parents should be able to choose a public school that meets their children's academic needs and their family's values, writes Debbie...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 122 min read
'No excuses' model rebounds: 'A lot of anti-racist practices don't work'
Achievement fell in charters that replaced the "no excuses" model with "anti-racist practices."
Joanne Jacobs
May 182 min read
Democrats care about equality, but not education, say voters
Black and Hispanic parents may switch from Biden to Trump. Democrats value equality but don't deliver on quality, they say.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 252 min read
Classical ed -- seen as 'a white child's education' -- is thriving in the Bronx
Are the liberal arts conservative?, asks Emma Green in a New Yorker story about the revival of "classical education." A growing number of...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 242 min read
'No excuses' school guru passes on: Will excellence survive?
Linda Brown, who trained hundreds of charter leaders as leader of (Building Excellent Schools (ES), has died at the age of 81. Many of...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 222 min read
Union-backed group claims choice is 'rooted in racism'
The union-backed Partnership for the Future of Learning has launched an anti-choice campaign charging that "voucher programs" are "deeply...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 191 min read
Success Academy charters are #1 in New York in math, #3 in reading
Success Academy charter students are the best in New York state in math, third best in English Language Arts (ELA) among schools with 95+...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Charters are growing: Latino enrollment is way up
As district-run public schools lose enrollment -- 1.5 million students since 2019 -- charter schools are adding students, according to a...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Choice, selective schools perpetuate 'inequity,' says Chicago mayor, school board
"Equality in misery" is the new plan for Chicago Public Schools, writes Paul Vallas, who lost the race for mayor to Brandon Johnson, a...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 27, 20232 min read
'Liberal arts' education is now 'classical,' which makes it 'right wing'
"Classical" charter schools are a right-wing plot to "destroy democratically governed public schools while turning back the clock of...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Urban charters produce more brains for the buck
Urban charter schools use "fewer dollars to achieve better outcomes" than traditional public schools enrolling similar students,...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 14, 20232 min read
KIPP schools are game changers
KIPP charters are game changers, concludes a new Mathematica study. Compared to similar students who applied to KIPP but lost the...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Competing for kindergarteners
Kindergarten enrollment has fallen by 17 percent in the last six years in district school in New York City, reports the New York Post. In...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20231 min read
The path to nursing starts in 9th grade
Girls from lower-income families all want to be nurses, the community college dean told me. Few make it. They fail the science and math...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Inner-city schools aren't underfunded any more
Abbott Elementary, a popular ABC sitcom about teachers at an inner-city Philadelphia school, is "entertaining but not elucidating" about...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 22, 20231 min read
CREDO: Some charters are achievement 'gap busters'
Black, Hispanic and low-income students gain the most in reading and math compared to similar students at district schools, concludes a...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 18, 20231 min read
First the Catholics, now the Jews: More religious charters in OK?
Oklahoma has approved the first religious charter school in the nation, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. The online school...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Teachers are thriving in charter, private schools
Teachers, Facing Increasing Levels of Stress, Are Burned Out, according to a March story in the New York Times. That seems to be true for...
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