Joanne Jacobs
200-day school year boosts reading scores -- and attendance
Adding 20 days to the school year improved reading scores at two Richmond elementary schools.
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Joanne Jacobs
- 21 hours ago
- 1 min
A la carte learning in Florida
Alicia Garcia was a part-time cooking teacher before the pandemic closed Florida schools, writes Ron Matus on Next Steps. Now the former...
Joanne Jacobs
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
A rifle for Christmas: Are parents responsible for their kids' crimes?
He'd left his alcoholic, drug-addicted wife, taking custody of his teenage son. His son was bullied in middle school, then accused of...
Joanne Jacobs
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
Worried parents may push back on 'phone-free schools'
The phone-free schools movement is spreading: South Carolina just became the latest state to restrict cellphones in school. Students will...
Joanne Jacobs
- 3 days ago
- 1 min
How good is my kid's school? Good luck figuring out state report cards
State report cards do a poor job of informing parents. IDEA charters want Texas parents to see their ratings.
Joanne Jacobs
- 4 days ago
- 1 min
Studying Swift (Taylor, not Jonathan) in school
Studying pop-song lyrics in English class doesn't prepare students for college reading or writing.
Joanne Jacobs
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
$100 to read a book: This doesn't seem like a viable plan
My sixth-grade teacher wanted us to read 10 books during the school year. Whenever we read a book, we were supposed to fill out an index...
Joanne Jacobs
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
'Terrible awful no good very bad' advice for teachers
Chicago teachers are getting very bad advice on how to teach with AI.
Joanne Jacobs
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
90% of teachers support cellphone bans
Ninety percent of teachers in a NEA survey want their schools to ban cellphones in class, and 83 percent back all-day bans.
Joanne Jacobs
- 7 days ago
- 2 min
AI is winning the war on cheating
A majority of students use AI to help write papers, and AI detection tools remain unreliable.
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 1
- 3 min
A debt-free bachelor's degree is not impossible (but it's not easy)
Confidence in the value of higher education is down , and fear of college debt is up, writes Rob Jenkins, an associate professor of...
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