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Court ruling on Catholic charter could be a poison pill
If the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of faith-based charters, 46 states would have to allow religious charters -- or no charters at all

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31, 20251 min read


Catholic schools ace NAEP
Catholic school students are one to two years ahead of public students in reading and math.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31, 20251 min read


Fixing classroom culture is first step to high achievement
Schools need to reset classroom culture to improve achievment.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 30, 20252 min read


Schools need to get more brains for the bucks
School spending soared in the last 10 years as test scores fell -- except in states such as Louisiana and Mississippi.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 30, 20251 min read


Reading, math scores are out: 'The news is not good'
Reading scores are still falling on the "nation's report card," while math scores are the same.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 29, 20252 min read


Parents say kids are learning in school, but students say 'meh'
Parents overestimate how well their children are doing in school.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 29, 20251 min read


Dumber and dumber: Americans, young and old, are slipping
Achievement is falling, and gaps are widening, for American students and adults since well before the pandemic.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 28, 20252 min read


Covid school closings hurt kids' learning, health and happiness -- for nothing
Reopening schools didn't increase Covid cases, hospitalizations or deaths in five countries. But kids learned more.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 27, 20252 min read


Who's scaring immigrant kids away from school?
"Activists" are spreading hysteria and scaring immigrant kids away from school.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20252 min read


Snitching on your neighbor
"Bias reporting" urges people to turn their neighbors in for "wrongthink."

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 25, 20253 min read


DEI's done: Let's see what a colorblind America looks like
Donald Trump's executive order ending racial preferences will have far-reaching effects.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20253 min read


Trumpy young men (and women)
Young Americans are optimistic about Trump's presidency and moving rightward in their politics.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20252 min read


How 'woke' are schools?
U.S. students are exposed to anti-racist messages, but most say their teachers welcome diverse viewpoints.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 22, 20252 min read


Meritocracy 2.0: Can we celebrate weird geniuses and jocks?
Can we create a merit-based society that's more than a rat race?

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 21, 20252 min read


Biden's education legacy: Lots of spending, no new ideas
Biden's education legacy: He gave schools billions to recover from the pandemic, but didn't focus on learning.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 20, 20252 min read


The clock ticks for TikTok -- or not
TikTok is supposed to go dark today, but may get more time.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 19, 20251 min read


Can you read cursive? There's (unpaid) work for 'citizen archivists' who can read old documents
The National Archives are looking for cursive-reading volunteers to transcribe and catalog historical documents.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 18, 20252 min read


Burned out: LA students and teachers lose their homes -- and their schools
Los Angeles students and their teachers are trying to get back to school after devastating wildfires.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 17, 20252 min read


Creative in what?
Schools can't teach creativity as a general skill applicable to all fields.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 16, 20251 min read


Atticus learns to read: Teaching phonics works
K-1 students made significant gains when teachers used UFLI Foundations, a systematic phonics and phonemic awareness program.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 15, 20251 min read
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