Joanne Jacobs
Education's 'long Covid' -- students aren't catching up
Don't call it "learning loss," they said. It's just "unfinished learning." Kids will catch up quickly. They'll be fine. First through...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 6, 20232 min read
U.S. kids spend lots of time in school, but much of it is wasted
Rethink summer vacation, writes Rick Hess in an Education Week column. That doesn't mean extend the school year. The much-discussed...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 3, 20232 min read
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
There are three terrifying things about the long-term federal test data on 13-year-olds' achievement, writes Vladimir Kogan, an Ohio...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20232 min read
Summer school is open, but will students who need it most show up?
This will be the last year of Covid-funded summer school before the pandemic relief money runs out, writes Jo Napolitano on The 74. Some...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 23, 20232 min read
How will kids catch up? Richmond struggles to add learning time
It will take time to make up for pandemic learning loss, Richmond Superintendent Jason Kamras believes. But his proposal to add...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 14, 20231 min read
Less schooling, less learning
“The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less They Learned,” concludes Harry Anthony Patrinos, an education economist for the World...
Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20232 min read
Chicago invests in small-group tutors, while LA shifts to classroom teachers
Chicago Public Schools are relying on "academic interventionists" to help students catch up in reading and math, reports Mila Koumpilova...
Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20232 min read
My students are 'broken kids I cannot fix'
Teachers on Reddit are sharing horror stories of their students' emotional, social and academic melt downs, screen addictions and apathy....
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 25, 20232 min read
'Covid kids' won't catch up by the end of 12th grade, unless . . .
It's a "terrible truth," writes Margaret Raymond on The 74. "Most of the programs school districts have implemented to address COVID...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 17, 20231 min read
Is 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 Jacobs
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Grades and grad rates rise, and that's not good news
Grades are up! Graduation rates are rising! But that's not good news. Test scores are down, across the country, writes Hechinger's Jill...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 20, 20232 min read
Many students need tutoring, but few are getting it
Intensive tutoring is the best way to help students who suffered learning setbacks during the pandemic, but school districts are...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 6, 20232 min read
Happy talk isn't helpful: Tell parents the truth about their kids' learning
Keri Rodrigues, co-founder and president of the National Parents Union, complained on Twitter about the special-education team "who...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 6, 20232 min read
Learning math matters
Please "stop talking about so-called learning loss," writes Jo Boaler, a Stanford professor and math reform advocate, on the Hechinger...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Quarantines were a disastrous disruption for students
"Remote learning was terrible for many students," writes John Bailey, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, on The 74....
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 30, 20221 min read
If schools pay students, will they come?
Learning loss and absenteeism are a crisis, writes Brandon Cardet-Hernandez, a member of Boston's school board, on the Hechinger Report....
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 22, 20222 min read
A longer school year? Some parents aren't interested
Richmond Superintendent Jason Kamras wanted to lengthen the school year to give students more time to catch up, reports AP's Bianca...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 14, 20222 min read
Third graders are way behind in reading and catching up very slowly
Third graders are way behind in reading, reports Hechinger's Jill Barshay. These students, who were in kindergarten when their schools...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Can Jayden read?
Parents are positive thinkers: 92 percent say their kids are doing reading and math at grade level, even after the pandemic, according to...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Child's play is learning
Playing -- especially child-directed play outside with friends -- is how kids learn, writes Jackie Mader on the Hechinger Report. Playing...
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