Joanne Jacobs
No more snow days? Not yet
Snow days have not been canceled, despite the rise of remote learning, writes Nathan M. Sorber, a higher education professor at West...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Employer: Don't tell us where you went to college
Rick Singer was sentenced to 42 months in prison this week for helping wealthy parents bribe and scam their children's way into...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 5
- 2 min
'Restorative justice' for sexual assault cases?
Some California colleges are experimenting with "restorative justice circles" to deal with sexual assault charges, report Oden Taylor and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Akron teachers threaten strike over school safety
"We as educators are being asked to accept more and more violent language, violent assaults, violent behaviors from our students and we...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 4
- 2 min
College is 'worth it' for those who want to learn -- which isn't everyone
Students' desire to learn is the key to college success, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches writing at the University of Texas at...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 3
- 3 min
NAACP pushes for literacy reform: Teach our kids to read
Black leaders have transformed reading instruction in northern Virginia, reports Sarah Carr in the Washington Post. The Fairfax County...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Teaching reading in high school
Memphis high schools are teaching reading skills to teenagers who didn't learn to read well in the early grades, reports Sarah Mervosh in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Back to handwriting?
I don't write much by hand these days, and when I do it's a chore. Even writing a few lines on Christmas cards seems like hard work....
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