Joanne JacobsJun 27, 20171 minWhere poor kids are learning — TexasOnly 4 percent of schools have closed the economic achievement gap, according to the Education Equality Index. Brownsville, Texas, a...
Joanne JacobsJun 15, 20171 minWelcome to Refugee HighChicago’s Sullivan High has raised its enrollment and test scores by welcoming immigrants and refugees, reports Elly Fishman for Chicago...
Joanne JacobsMay 22, 20172 min‘An A in Harlem vs. an A in a majority-white school’Teens Take Charge publicizes students’ views on school segregation in New York City. Photo: Brett Rawson When Yacine Fall went from a...
Joanne JacobsMay 9, 20172 minDo refugees learn more in ‘international’ schools?“Segregating” refugees may help them integrate, suggests the Hechinger Report’s Meredith Kolodner. Bowling Green, Kentucky has opened a...