Joanne JacobsJan 101 minNY high school becomes storm shelter for migrantsStudents at Brooklyn's James Madison High School "were kicked out of the classroom" today "to make room for nearly 2,000 migrants" from a...
Joanne JacobsJan 102 minTruancy is the 'new normal' -- and a growing businessTracking down absent students and persuading their parents to get them to school every day is a booming business, writes Alex MacGillis...
Joanne JacobsJan 82 minSAT/ACT scores predict success, open doors for 'diverse' studentsWant equity? Require college applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores, writes David Leonhardt in the New York Times. The progressives' "war...
Joanne JacobsJan 42 minGraduation exams can be 'ladder of social mobility' -- or uselessFor more than a century, New York students have taken Regents exams in multiple subjects to prove they were ready for college-level work,...