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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31, 20232 min read
The readiness is (almost) all
Who goes to college? Enrollment rates vary widely by family income, race and ethnicity and gender, but among students of similar academic...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Teacher: Students are learning they don't need to show up or do the work
No-consequences attendance policies have encouraged students to skip class, teacher Loren Green told the Albany, New York school board....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Unsafe at school
Angry teachers in Newport News, Virginia blame lax discipline for a 6-year-old shooting his first-grade teacher, write Ben Finley and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 29, 20232 min read
The sound of stupid
The Sound of Music is not the Nazi-glorifying Triumph of the Will, nor is it the Nazi-spoofing Springtime for Hitler. But it does have...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 28, 20231 min read
'If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life' ...
My husband says this is "our song." I interpret it as: Have realistic expectations.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 28, 20232 min read
Happy days: Connect, care about others, cope
Happy people are kind to others and to themselves, says Laurie Santos. The Yale psychology professor is offering a free, six-week course,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Funding follows students to religious school, if that's parents' choice
Empowered with a $7,000-per-child "backpack of cash," Arizona parents can choose an educational program -- including a religious private...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20231 min read
If strike closes LA schools, it could be 'nail in the coffin'
A threatened strike by Los Angeles Unified's service workers -- custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special-education aides --...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Exodus: Achievers' families are leaving
As many New York City middle schools end selective admissions, middle- and upper-middle-class parents are considering private schools or...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Choice lets parents find a school that respects their rights
"Families should not be stuck in an education system that actively undermines parental rights and ideologically grooms children, argues...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 25, 20233 min read
Parents feel 'villainized' by teachers who think they know best
It's not just conservative parents who think they have a right to know if "Hannah" has become "Hank" at school, reports Katie J.M. Baker...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20232 min read
ESAs expand in red and purple states, states, and blue-staters are interested too
"Capitalizing on parent’s frustration with public schools during the pandemic," Republican governors are pushing for education savings...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20231 min read
54% of parents are considering a new school for their kids
A majority of parents are considering a new school, according to a new survey by the School Choice Awareness Foundation. Two-thirds say...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Open doors to challenging academics
Challenging classes can help many students -- not just the "gifted" -- excel, writes Vincent Dotoli on Fordham's Flypaper. He heads...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Skip the smart kids: We're holding back (and boring) high achievers
I was very good at school, but also very bored. I wanted to skip a grade to catch up with my sister, but the district never skipped...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 22, 20231 min read
School board member tweets: 'Whiteness is so evil'
Tweeting "whiteness is so evil" has proven controversial for Kesha Hamilton, who's on the Jackson (Michigan) school board, reports...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 22, 20232 min read
'Diversity training' costs billions, but does it work?
There's no evidence diversity training works and some evidence it hurts, writes Jesse Singal in a New York Times commentary. The...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 21, 20232 min read
Do 'red flag' laws prevent shootings?
“I just might come to yo school and kill everybody,” a 17-year-old former student wrote in an Instagram message. He specifically...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Generation Doom: Show students a path forward
Teachers should encourage young people to believe in the future, writes Alice Dominguez on EdSurge. The Doomer Generation needs a sense...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 19, 20232 min read
How much math?
British students who pass a national math exam at 15 or 16 don't have to take any more math, unless they need higher-level math for...
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