Joanne Jacobs
Lowering remedial 'barrier' doesn't raise college graduation rates
Community colleges are starting more students in college-level classes, with remedial help on the side.
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 92 min read
In defense of remedial math classes
Students who are almost ready for college math do best by taking college-level classes with support in basic skills, researchers agree....
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 7, 20232 min read
1 classroom, 5 achievement levels: The learning chasm
Trying to teach students who are way above and way below grade level in the same classroom puts an impossible burden on teachers, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 9, 20233 min read
Khan: Students hit the wall in Algebra I if they don't know 3 x 7 = 21
Remote instruction led to disastrous learning losses," especially in math, according to conclusive research, writes Kevin Mahnken on The...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 19, 20222 min read
Teacher tries 'just-in-time' math for students who didn't learn the basics
A veteran teacher at Denver's George Washington High, Joe Bolz knows his students didn't learn much math when their middle schools...
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