Joanne Jacobs
4-day school weeks are spreading, but students learn less
More schools -- and not just in rural areas -- are adopting four-day weeks, reports AP's Heather Hollingsworth. Districts hope the change...
top of page
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 19, 20232 min read
If we want to pay (some) teachers more ...
The teacher pay debate tends to be simplistic and unserious, writes Andrew Rotherham on Eduwonk. He calls out a tweet by Education...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 19, 20232 min read
When teachers don't get no respect, schools don't get new teachers
Fewer young people want to be teachers, writes Jessica Grose in the New York Times. The new teacher pipeline is running dry. She cites a...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 11, 20231 min read
Why I won't hire a tutor for my daughter
Alina Adams' daughter didn't learn any Spanish in ninth-grade Spanish 1. Her New York City school couldn't find a permanent teacher, so...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Teacher hiring spree is over
Teacher hiring is about to fall off that fiscal cliff districts were warned about, write Katherine Silberstein and Marguerite Roza of...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Schools pair virtual teacher with in-person 'learning coach'
The geometry teacher is in Maryland. The students are in California. A small San Jose charter school is using virtual teachers and...
Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20231 min read
California teachers seek 50% pay raise
Raising teacher and staff pay by 50 percent over seven years is "a big and bold idea," says the president of the California Federation of...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20231 min read
Teachers are quitting because of classroom chaos
Soft discipline policies make teachers' jobs much harder, writes Daniel Buck, who's taught in a variety of schools. A friend quit after...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Teach for America is shrinking
Teach for America is shrinking, write Ben Backes and Michael Hansen on Chalkboard. The nonprofit recruits college graduates for two-year...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 1, 20232 min read
'American Teacher Act' would set $60K base pay for teachers
Teacher pay should start at a minimum of $60,000 a year, said advocates of the American Teacher Act at the U.S. Capitol last week,...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Who will make the best teacher? An ex-Marine or a Middlebury grad?
Military veterans with 60 college credits can qualify for a five-year temporary teaching certificate in Florida, under a new law...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Unhappy teachers
Teachers feel underappreciated and under attack, concludes a new paper by Brown and University of Albany researchers, reports Caitlynn...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 6, 20221 min read
How to get more new teachers
Fewer people are training to be teachers, writes Chad Aldeman, policy director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, in Education Next. "There...
bottom of page