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We've hit 'peak public school,' but what comes next?
School choice is becoming the norm.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 62 min read
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Ignorance isn't bliss: We need testing to know what students don't know
Testing is essential to improve schools and inform parents.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 52 min read
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De-woke schooling: Send the DEI trainers on a one-way 'privilege walk'
Pennsylvania educators will not have to affirm their belief in microaggressions, implicit bias or the illegitimacy of "economic,...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Teach math! That's hate speech, Dad
Investigating threats against school officials didn't violate parents' freedom of speech, say courts.
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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Students show up when parents get cash for perfect attendance
Nearly 200 low-income families living in Birmingham (Alabama) public housing qualified for a drawing worth $300 in rent and utility...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 11, 20241 min read
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Parents get pushy in Fort Worth: Why did every 1st-grader get the same grade?
Trenace Dorsey-Hollins asked why her daughter received "emerging" (the lowest level) on her first-grade report card for a skill she'd...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 16, 20242 min read
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'B-flation' misleads parents: 89% say their child is at grade level
Seventy-nine percent of parents say their child is receiving mostly B's or better, and 89 percent believe their child is at or above...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 29, 20232 min read
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Mom knows everything: Apps let parents track kids' schoolwork -- and drive them crazy
If only parents were involved in their children's education, teachers said, students would do so much better. If only teachers...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 5, 20232 min read
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It's normal for parents to object to graphic sex in kids' books
Aymann Ismail thought book-banners were prudish hysterics, he writes on Slate. Then a librarian gave him a copy of one of the...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 18, 20232 min read
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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...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 15, 20232 min read
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Chatbot 'Ed' will tell LA parents how their kids are doing in school
An interactive, multilingual chatbot named "Ed" will tell parents about their child's grades, test results and attendance" and serve as a...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20231 min read
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