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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 292 min read
Rigor and results are broccoli: Ed reform has gone soft, sweet
Accountability and rigor are out for politicians and education reformers.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 223 min read
Can Mike Miles remake Houston schools?
Houston's radically redesigned elementary and middle schools posted higher math and reading scores in nearly every grade level in the...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 161 min read
Bad teachers: We can get rid of bad rookies, but we're stuck with the veterans
Teacher-evaluation reforms were a flop, explains Tim Daly, who worked hard in his days at TNTP to get bad teachers out of schools. Using...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 15, 20232 min read
Back to 'normal' isn't enough: The Covid generation is at risk
It's time to bring back bipartisan education reform writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. He's promoting A Generation at Risk, a "call to...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 23, 20232 min read
All children can learn -- but how much?
Not all education problems are solvable, if we just try hard enough or spend enough, argues Freddie DeBoer in a column on optimism bias. ...
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