Joanne Jacobs
Following the reading science: It's not easy
If Mississippi can "follow the science" of reading, retrain teachers, provide teaching coaches and switch to effective curricula -- and...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
Happy talk backfire: Parents don't realize their kids need help
Parents aren't clamoring to sign up their kids for tutoring, summer school or other academic supports, because they don't realize how...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
Already behind, students are asked to do less
Students fell behind in reading and math when schools closed, and they're not likely to catch up if teachers don't assign challenging...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 17, 2022
- 1 min
Where are the students?
Urban districts are reporting sharp drops in enrollments compared to pre-pandemic levels: New York City is down 8.3 percent. Chicago...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Education's middle ground is 'vanishing'
When schools closed in 2020, support for schools remained strong, but the public's faith in the quality of their local schools has...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 16, 2022
- 1 min
Burned out at 18
More than a third of teenagers have changed their pre-pandemic college plans according to a recent EdChoice survey, report John Kristof...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 16, 2022
- 2 min
The college blahs
Nearly 70 percent of Massachusetts high school graduates in the Class of 2017 enrolled in college. Five years later, college-going is...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 15, 2022
- 1 min
'Sounds first' works in Tennessee
The Knowledge Matters Campaign's new web site highlights teachers and schools that use "knowledge-building curricula" to develop...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
Why Jonni can't read
If students don't learn to read well in elementary school, they don't have much of a future. Oh, they can listen to audiotapes, watch...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
Girls just wanna play football
Girls are playing tackle football, reports Cathy Free in the Washington Post. Naliyah Rueckert joined a full-contact tackle football team...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
Scared of school: 45% favor arming teachers
I try to imagine Miss Lawson, my kindergarten teacher, packing heat. Mrs. Roston? Miss Bletsch? Of course, in my day, schools didn't have...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
Parents choose 'diverse by design' schools
"Diverse by design" schools are catching on, writes Kate Rix on the Hechinger Report. In Dallas, "50/50" schools try enroll an even mix...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 11, 2022
- 2 min
'Covid grads' aren't ready for college
A top student at his Milwaukee high school, Angel Hope won college scholarships and chose the University of Wisconsin at Madison, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
50 years of progress: Students are learning more
Reading and math scores have increased significantly in the last 50 years -- and achievement gaps by race and family income have narrowed...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 9, 2022
- 2 min
Who wants to teach at Lord of the Flies High?
Who wants to teach at Lord of the Flies High School? Replacing baby-boomer teachers was a challenge even before the COVID-19 pandemic.,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 8, 2022
- 1 min
Bartleby is back
The Chinese called it "lying flat," until the government banned the term. The British prefer "quiet quitting." In the U.S., workers have...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
'If things get hard, they just quit'
After three years of pandemic-disrupted schooling, students just don't care any more, complains a teacher on Chalkbeat's After the Bell...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 7, 2022
- 2 min
Ask a quirky question ...
Test scores are optional or ignored, grades are inflated -- and essay questions are more important than ever for students applying to...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
To keep kids healthy, keep them in class learning
School closures were a mistake, writes Joseph G. Allen, an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard's...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
Get kids off social media
"Social media is no place for kids," writes Yuval Levin in a New York Times op-ed. He advocates raising the age requirement for social...
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