Joanne Jacobs
You can do anything (but some things better than others)
You can do anything, children are told. Dream big! But many young people don't know what careers exist in the real world or what they...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 17
- 1 min
‘Every weld is a challenge’
Philadelphia schools are focusing career-tech training on preparing students to move from high school to apprenticeships and skilled...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 16
- 1 min
Hot jobs of the future: welder, plumber
Tennessee’s technical colleges focus on job skills, such as mechatronics. We’ve reached peak college, writes urbanist Joel Kotkin in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 9
- 1 min
It’s a hot summer job market for youth
Working as a lifeguard was a dangerous job in “Stranger Things.” A red-hot summer job market awaits teenagers, reports Paul Wiseman and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 9
- 1 min
Working teens do better in school
Working part-time during the school year is good for teenagers, as long as they limit their work hours, concludes a newly published...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 21
- 1 min
It’s a longer, steeper path to a ‘good job’
It takes young people a lot longer than their elders to be self-supporting, concludes two new reports from Georgetown’s Center on...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 19
- 2 min
Class of ’22: Fewer males aim for college
After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 4
- 2 min
Aviation students solve problems — before the crash
Students are learning math, engineering and problem solving through a curriculum designed by the nonprofit Aircraft Owners and Pilots...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 4
- 2 min
Career readiness starts in kindergarten
Credit: The World of Work American and British children dream of careers as vloggers or YouTubers, concludes a 2019 LEGO survey of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
Americans lose confidence in higher ed
Americans — especially Republicans — are losing confidence in higher education, reports Gallup. Three years ago, 57 percent of U.S....
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 3, 2018
- 1 min
Reclaiming degrees — but what are they worth?
Millions of students drop out or “stop out” of college with some credits, but no degree. Degrees When Due, created by the Institute for...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 18, 2018
- 2 min
Why high schools can’t raise standards
Forty to 50 percent of high school graduates aren’t prepared to pass a community college class, writes Marc Tucker, president of the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
‘College for all’ works — for 16% of students
Our education system fails most students, argues Oren Cass, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and author of How the Other Half Learns. ...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 9, 2018
- 1 min
Starting a school — slowly
In a New Orleans charter high’s first year, students beat the state school performance average, writes Matt Candler, a board member, on...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 6, 2018
- 2 min
Colleges drop prices to compete for students
Some non-elite colleges are freezing or dropping prices, reports Hechinger’s Matt Krupnick. They’re competing for a smaller cohort of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Best colleges for economic payoff
Which colleges are best at helping students graduate, earn more and pay back their student loans? The University of North Carolina at...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
Short on college students? Add casino studies!
As the U.S. is running low on 18-year-olds. Non-elite colleges are having trouble meeting enrollment or net tuition revenue targets,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 6, 2018
- 1 min
California offers training for ‘stranded workers’
California is moving ahead with an online college for “stranded workers,” reports Mikhail Zinshteyn on EdSource. It will offer short-term...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 4, 2018
- 2 min
Job hunting 101
Job hunting is a class at Skidmore, a liberal arts college in upstate New York, reports NPR’s Elissa Nadworny. Paul Calhoun, a business...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 14, 2018
- 1 min
Summer jobs aren’t for teens any more
Immigrant adults are taking summer jobs once done by U.S. teenagers, writes Paul Bedard in the Washington Examiner. “Immigrants — legal...