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Why special-ed teachers quit: High stress, high risk, low pay
How can districts hire and retain high-quality special-ed teachers?

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 302 min read
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Math teacher was trained on equity, culture, but not how to teach math
At a well-respected graduate school of education, a former engineer learned about equity, culture and identity, but very little about how to teach math.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 293 min read
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Won't read, can't think
We "think and read less, and see and feel more."

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 282 min read
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'Basic' readers can't make sense of the Tylenol-autism debate
Two-thirds of Americans don't read well enough to evaluate scientific or medical claims.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 272 min read
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To win back public-school parents, be like Mississippi
Education reforms are working in the South, and they can work in blue states too, if there's political leadership.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 263 min read
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Where are they now? Urban public schools see steep fall in enrollment
One third of students in mostly black districts aren't enrolled in traditional public schools.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 252 min read
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National parks remove 'negative' signs
Do national park visitors want to look at the view or read the viewpoints of whoever's running the Park Service?

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 232 min read
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U.S. Ed Dept will fund 'unifying, uplifting' civics, history lessons
The U.S. Education Department will fund patriotic education for America's 250th anniversary, but will schools go along?

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 232 min read
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High schoolers are earning career credentials, but most have no value
Most career credentials offered in high school will not lead to a career, or even an entry-level job, but may provide an easier path to a diploma.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 222 min read
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College dreams: Should your kid major in psychology? Cannabis studies?
Naive 18-year-olds are choosing college majors without knowing whether they're likely to finish a degree or qualify for a job that will enable them to pay their college loans.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 212 min read
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Colleges add football to boost male enrollment, school spirit
As enrollment falls, especially for male students, some colleges are adding football programs.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 201 min read
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Teachers are sold 'snake oil' about brains and learning
Can high expectations raise IQ? Are some people right-brained and others left-brained? Nope.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 192 min read
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Why 45% of 12th-graders are 'below basic' in math
Nearly half of 12th-graders do not have basic math skills. Many teachers aren't well trained in how to teach math.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 182 min read
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2 + 2 = oppression
Woke math lives.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 181 min read
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Hating the haters: Americans have a right to be nasty
"Hate speech does not exist legally in America," wrote Charlie Kirk. "Keep America free."

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 172 min read
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Can teachers be fired for celebrating murder?
Teachers' "disruptive" speech may not be protected, even if it's on their own time.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 162 min read
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University will 'validate' students, lower academic standards
Professors will be asked to relax deadlines, attendance policies and grading standards to help low-income, minority and first-generation students at University of Nebraska Kearney.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 153 min read
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'Kids aren't phone zombies now'
"Kids aren't phone zombies now," says teacher whose school banned smartphones.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 142 min read
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Did college radicalize Tyler Robinson?
Something happened to Tyler Robinson, but it's probably not a semester of engineering classes.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 131 min read
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Dropouts, renegades, mad scientists and billionaires
As Americans lose faith in the value of a college education, Silicon Valley is celebrating dropout entrepreneurs.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 123 min read
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