Joanne JacobsOct 25, 20232 min'A' is for 'awesome,' 'awful' and 'average' "The most popular high school grade in America" is "A," writes Tim Donahue, who teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day...
Joanne JacobsAug 31, 20231 minThe broke-woke-stroke convergence: Why professors lower standardsCollege professors are "inflating grades and watering down their courses," write Mark Horowitz, Anthony L. Haynor and Kenneth Kickham in...
Joanne JacobsAug 31, 20231 minUp, up and away: More A's, lower test scoresHigh school grades went up in all subjects from 2010-2022, reports ACT. Achievement did not. Grade inflation was the highest in math:...
Joanne JacobsMay 17, 20231 minWe can't 'replace academic mastery with critical thinking about nothing in particular'The American education system has turned away from academics and lost its way, says David Steiner, executive director of the Institute...
Joanne JacobsApr 17, 20231 minIs your honor-roll student at grade level? Maybe not“87% of Sacramento County parents think their kids do math at grade level,” reads one billboard. “28% of kids actually do." The goal of...
Joanne JacobsApr 3, 20232 minGrades and grad rates rise, and that's not good newsGrades are up! Graduation rates are rising! But that's not good news. Test scores are down, across the country, writes Hechinger's Jill...
Joanne JacobsMar 6, 20232 minHappy talk isn't helpful: Tell parents the truth about their kids' learningKeri Rodrigues, co-founder and president of the National Parents Union, complained on Twitter about the special-education team "who...