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When homework goes wrong
When homework goes wrong, parents should remember three rules, writes K.J. Dell’Antonia in Medium. 1. It’s not yours. 2. What kids learn...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 3, 20171 min read
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50 is the new 0
Is 50 is the new 0?, writes Kate Stoltzfus on Education Week Teacher. Schools in Maryland and Virginia are implementing “no zero”...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 3, 20171 min read
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9th-grade GPA predicts college success (or failure)
Grades, attendance, test scores and graduation rates are up in Chicago Public Schools. Helping ninth graders raise their grades is paying...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20172 min read
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Are U.S. teachers underpaid?
U.S. teachers earn less, relative to other college-educated workers, than teachers in most other countries, according to the Organisation...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20172 min read
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Best state for teachers: New York
New York is the best state for teachers, according to WalletHub’s analysis. Arizona ranked last. WalletHub analyzed 21 metrics, ranging...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20171 min read
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Reinventing school districts
The 74 is running excerpts from the book. “Schools work better when their leaders have the autonomy to run their schools; when they are...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 26, 20171 min read
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Millennials support school choice
Millennials strongly support school choice — including taxpayer-supported tuition vouchers and charter schools — according to surveys by...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 26, 20171 min read
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No time to teach
Education reformers should pay attention to the time demands of their reforms, writes Rick Hess in Education Next. “Every hour that’s...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 25, 20171 min read
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Absentee teachers
More than 28 percent of teachers in traditional public schools — but only 10 percent of charter teachers — miss 11 or more days of...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 25, 20172 min read
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Genius Bart
A Simpsons’ oldie: Bart is sent to a school for geniuses. #genius #TheSimpsons

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 23, 20171 min read
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Can we have better — and more diverse — teachers?
Reformers want to “raise the bar” for new teachers and put more Latino and black teachers in the classroom. Can we have better and more...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 20, 20172 min read
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Despite success, charters ‘lose the narrative’
Charter Schools Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data writes Jonathan Chait in New York magazine. Public charter schools have shown...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 18, 20172 min read
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Educating Eva
The Education of Eva Moskowitz, a memoir by Success Academy founder, describes her evolution from charter skeptic to crusader. Moskowitz...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 18, 20172 min read
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AP for all: Who benefits?
Expanding access to AP classes is supposed to help disadvantaged students prepare for college, but pass rates are very low. Is expanding...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 12, 20172 min read
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Show up, volunteer, get a diploma
But many students won’t make it, legislators feared. Now schools are hiring “interventionists” and scrambling to put weak students on...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 11, 20171 min read
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ACT: 9% of disadvantaged are college ready
Huge achievement gaps separate advantaged and disadvantaged students, according to ACT’s annual The Condition of College & Career...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 11, 20171 min read
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Undercover in high school
In A&E’s Undercover High, which debuts Oct. 10, seven young adults ranging in age from 21 to 26 pose as teen-agers to attend a Topeka...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 9, 20171 min read
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Rethinking school: XQ promotes ‘super schools’
XQ: Super School Live, an hour-long program on innovative high schools, will air tonight on ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC. Participating...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 8, 20172 min read
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 2, 20170 min read
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Here’s how schools inflate grad rates
Public school officials are “using fraudulent methods to inflate graduation rates,” writes Bernard Gassaway in Education Week. He saw it...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 1, 20171 min read
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