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Fixing classroom culture is first step to high achievement
Schools need to reset classroom culture to improve achievment.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 302 min read
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Who's scaring immigrant kids away from school?
"Activists" are spreading hysteria and scaring immigrant kids away from school.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 262 min read
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We know how to get safe, effective schools, so why settle for chaos?
Teachers and students need safe, orderly schools.
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 82 min read
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'Teachers don't want combat pay,' they want an end to combat
Raising teacher pay won't raise student achievement or keep teachers from quitting if working conditions are bad.
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Teach the children: 'Is the Soviet Union a country?'
Teaching is "oppressive." Teachers should "guide" students to discover things on their own, based on their interests, but shouldn't...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 16, 20242 min read
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Portland will consider race, gender to 'support' disruptive students
Portland (OR) schools will design "support plans" for disruptive students that consider trauma, race, gender identity/presentation and...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 7, 20232 min read
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Ukrainian refugee girl flees unsafe San Francisco school
Yana and her mother fled Ukraine and found a new home with an aunt in San Francisco -- until the 13-year-old girl started Marina Middle...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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