Joanne Jacobs
Beware the college aid scam
College financial aid is based on what the customer can pay -- not financial need or academic excellence, writes Kevin Carey in Slate....
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 30, 2022
- 2 min
AI will do the writing -- and the thinking -- for students
Clear writing requires clear thinking. If bots do the writing, will students still do the thinking? New software is very sophisticated,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Why it's hard to close learning gaps
Student behavioral issues are a major barrier to closing learning gaps, say 67 percent teachers in a Khan Academy survey, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
No phones, no problems?
Schools from New York to Nebraska are trying to ban cell phones in hopes of keeping students focused in class and discouraging the use of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 28, 2022
- 2 min
If the house is haunted, get out
Absurd "racial equity" policies are hurting students who need help the most, writes a self-described left-wing teacher on Wesley Yang's...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 27, 2022
- 2 min
Merit is not a myth
If I wanted to prevent disadvantaged or "marginalized" students from doing well in school, succeeding in college, learning a career or...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
When teachers know their students well
When teachers know their students well, they can teach more effectively, writes Fordham's Nathaniel Grossman. When teachers and students...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
Why teachers quit
Student misbehavior is a key reason that teachers leave their jobs, writes Chalkboard Review's Tony Kinnett, who surveyed teachers in the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
Only reconnect
Rebuilding student's connections with schools, teachers and each other is critical to recovery from school closures, says Doug Lemov of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
Grading 'reforms' teach kids they can 'do nothing, get something'
Teachers are complaining to Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews about grading reforms, he writes. A teacher in the high-performing...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 24, 2022
- 2 min
'Queer all school year'
Boys and girls, today we're going to learn that there is no such thing as boys and girls. Los Angeles Unified, the nation's...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 23, 2022
- 2 min
It's too noisy for kids to learn
It must be 45 years ago that I visited my first classroom as a reporter. I was shocked at the change from my school days. Students got up...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
'R' is for reading -- and race
K-2 teachers won't be switching to a new research-backed, phonics-based literacy curriculum this fall, reports Dana Goldstein in the New...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 21, 2022
- 2 min
The 'dumbest' education
"Teachers are trained in the dumbest parts of the dumbest colleges said Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, at an event with...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 20, 2022
- 1 min
It's a 'long road to recovery'
When students returned to school, they began learning again, but the recovery was hampered by "high absenteeism, quarantines and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
Normal in the fall?
San Diego schools have reimposed indoor mask mandates for summer school students, reports Domenick Candelieri. The city is seeing a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Good math teaching may not be fun
When it comes to fourth- and fifth-grade math, there's often "a tradeoff between 'good teaching' where kids learn stuff and 'good...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Data science vs. calculus
California's proposed math guidelines claim to promote equity by offering a data-science alternative to the traditional...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 18, 2022
- 1 min
Putin orders pro-war classes
Russian schools are watching war movies, taking "virtual tours" through Crimea and "celebrating Russia's 'rebirth' under President...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Teaching patriotism in Florida
Florida's civics standards are -- gasp! -- "overtly patriotic," reports Ileana Najarro. Summer training sessions for civics teachers...
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