Joanne JacobsApr 25, 20222 minSchool librarians: Dump ‘Mockingbird,’ ‘Gatsby’ …— Summer Reading Survey School librarians want to drop To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby and Huckleberry Finn from summer reading...
Joanne JacobsApr 23, 20221 minStudents lose interest in sportsPhoto: Aspen Institute Project Play Sofia Velasquez, 15, enjoys playing soccer for her Chicago high school, but games keep getting...
Joanne JacobsApr 20, 20222 minTrying is not the same as achievingGrading students based on effort rather than achievement is spreading from P.E. class to academic classes in high schools, but...
Joanne JacobsApr 20, 20222 min‘Rigor’ is a Potemkin villageHigh school rigor is often a facade, writes Natalie Wexler on Forbes. It’s a “Potemkin village.” High school graduates in the class of...