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‘Loyalty oaths’ return as ‘diversity statements’
Professors who want tenure or promotion at the University of Illinois will have to submit a statement declaring how they support...

Joanne Jacobs
May 21, 20222 min read


It’s a longer, steeper path to a ‘good job’
It takes young people a lot longer than their elders to be self-supporting, concludes two new reports from Georgetown’s Center on...

Joanne Jacobs
May 20, 20221 min read


Teach students to meet deadlines, handle stress
When schools closed and classes went online, expectations fell. Some students had trouble accessing classes or younger siblings to tend...

Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20222 min read


‘Financial lit’ vs. ‘don’t buy what you can’t afford’
Georgia is making “financial literacy” a graduation requirement, reports Carmen Reinecke on CNBC. It’s the 13th state to mandate...

Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20222 min read


Class of ’22: Fewer males aim for college
After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...

Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20222 min read


Biden picks teachers’ unions over students
The Biden administration has abandoned the Obama legacy on charter schools and chosen teachers’ unions over students, writes Jonathan...

Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20222 min read


Public schools lost 1.3 million students
Nearly 1.3 million students left district-run public schools in the last two years, estimates the Return to Learn tracker. Districts’...

Joanne Jacobs
May 17, 20222 min read
‘P’ is for ‘push off’
High school teachers in Casa Grande, Arizona are “revisiting” failing grades to enable more students to graduate. #failure #gradechanges...

Joanne Jacobs
May 17, 20221 min read


Grad rates rose as standards fell
Although students “learned considerably less” during the pandemic, high school graduation rates rose in 2020 and returned to the previous...

Joanne Jacobs
May 17, 20221 min read


ACT: Pandemic fueled grade inflation
High school grade inflation accelerated during the pandemic, according to ACT. “The findings echo a recent federal study that also showed...

Joanne Jacobs
May 16, 20222 min read


Zoom U was very bad for students
College students are not OK, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches first-year writing at Southern Methodist University, in a New York...

Joanne Jacobs
May 16, 20222 min read


Remote ed was double-whammy for poor students
Remote learning widened achievement gaps in states and districts that kept schools closed the longest, concludes a working paper by...

Joanne Jacobs
May 15, 20221 min read


What I want
Via Powerline Blog

Joanne Jacobs
May 15, 20221 min read


The young Puritans
Overprotected by their parents, Gen Snowflake demands that college “make them comfortable,” argued Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendment...

Joanne Jacobs
May 14, 20222 min read


She watched kids play — security was called
Lenore Skenazy was walking by an elementary school in Queens, when she saw kids playing hopscotch, just as she used to do, and paused to...

Joanne Jacobs
May 13, 20221 min read


Teaching kids to share crayons isn’t intrusive
Teaching social and emotional skills — done properly — is an essential part of teaching, argues Fordham intern Nathaniel Grossman. It’s...

Joanne Jacobs
May 12, 20221 min read


‘Computer science for all’ goes beyond coding
I took computer science in high school to meet boys. And I did. Nerdy boys. It was the era of paper-tape readers and punch cards. I...

Joanne Jacobs
May 11, 20223 min read


School board loses focus on academics
Shanthi Gonzales “Schools aren’t meeting students’ needs” in Oakland, California, writes Shanthi Gonzales, who’s resigning from the...

Joanne Jacobs
May 10, 20222 min read


Causing discomfort remains legal
Lessons that cause students discomfort remain legal everywhere, even in Florida, writes Peter Minowitz, a Santa Clara University...

Joanne Jacobs
May 10, 20222 min read


What’s ‘age appropriate’ for young students?
Parents and teachers want lessons to be “age appropriate,” but disagree on when children are ready for painful topics, writes Marta W....

Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20222 min read
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