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    A vote for merit in San Francisco
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 5
    • 2 min

    A vote for merit in San Francisco

    San Francisco Mayor London Breed replaced the recalled school-board members with three parents (clockwise from top left): Lisa...
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    Who’s been deleting Papa Bear?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    Who’s been deleting Papa Bear?

    The Three Bears story without Papa Bear. Instead Mama Bear is a single parent raising two bears, both of which appear to be female. Or...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Incredibles are back

    Incredibles 2 is a winner, writes Tyler O’Neil on PJ Media. The family of superheroes works together to defeat Screenslaver, who “uses...
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    The kids (many of them) aren’t alright
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    The kids (many of them) aren’t alright

    Family dysfunction is more common — and more devastating for children — than we think, writes Brian A. Jacob and Joseph Ryan in Education...
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    Black boys, but not girls, earn less than whites
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    Black boys, but not girls, earn less than whites

    “Even when children grow up next to each other with parents who earn similar incomes, black boys fare worse than white boys,” concludes a...
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    A grade-free utopia — or aristocracy?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jan 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    A grade-free utopia — or aristocracy?

    Imagine schools and colleges without grades, writes Mark Barnes in Education Week. “Imagine classrooms where teachers never place...
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    Happy Thanksgiving
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Nov 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    Happy Thanksgiving

    Have a happy Thanksgiving. (Don’t discuss politics. Just eat and “be grateful for the people you are eating it with.”) #Thanksgiving
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    Schools vs. poverty: Poverty usually wins
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Oct 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Schools vs. poverty: Poverty usually wins

    Education doesn’t guarantee social mobility, writes Rachel M. Cohen in The Atlantic. “In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program...
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    Educating the poor: What works best?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Apr 21, 2017
    • 1 min

    Educating the poor: What works best?

    Students at KIPP South Fulton Academy in Atlanta. “No excuses” charters are more effective ways to improve prospects for disadvantaged...
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    Why can’t Johnny read? It’s a parenting gap
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 29, 2017
    • 2 min

    Why can’t Johnny read? It’s a parenting gap

    Focusing on the racial achievement gap obscures the underlying problem, argues Ian Rowe, a visiting fellow at Fordham. The family...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    Decoding the world, through Disney movies

    Life, Animated didn’t win the Oscar for best documentary (blame O.J. Simpson), but the movie about Disney and autism is well worth...
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    If families fail, what can schools do?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Dec 20, 2016
    • 2 min

    If families fail, what can schools do?

    Who’s your daddy? asks Ian Rowe, a Fordham fellow, who leads two charter schools in the South Bronx. That’s the message on two mobile DNA...
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