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‘Russian’ school gets a new name
A “Support Ukraine” rally in Indianapolis on April 9. Children still come for after-school classes in math, science and chess, but the...

Joanne Jacobs
May 7, 20221 min read


The Ukrainians are coming
California schools have begun to welcome Ukrainian refugee children, reports Carolyn Jones on EdSource. So far, it’s only a few students,...

Joanne Jacobs
May 6, 20222 min read


Trying is not the same as achieving
Grading students based on effort rather than achievement is spreading from P.E. class to academic classes in high schools, but...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 20, 20222 min read
School Supports A Student
From CNN: An immigration judge has granted asylum to a Connecticut high school student whose arrest sparked an outpouring of support from...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 2, 20201 min read
What should every American know?
What should every American know? Aspen’s Citizenship and American Identity program is asking. The video features four immigrants talking...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 12, 20181 min read


1/3 can pass U.S. citizenship test
When was the U.S. Constitution ratified? Which countries did the U.S. fight in World War II? Asked multiple-choice questions from...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 3, 20181 min read


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...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 13, 20181 min read


When tiger kids become parents
The son of tiger parents, lawyer Ryan Park wants to raise his daughters to be “happy, confident, and kind,” he writes in the New York...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 29, 20181 min read


‘Teachers feel threatened but aren’t backed up’
Gang graffiti on a fence in suburban Long Island, where police blame MS-13 for 30 murders in the last two years. Photo: Sarah...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20182 min read


Middle school to manufacturing
Middle-schoolers in Ohio are learning math, science and programming — and competing in contests such as MakerMinded to expose them to...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 10, 20182 min read


Connecting working-class kids to high-tech futures
Carlos Huerta, an engineering student at Downtown College Prep Alum Rock High, works on wheels for a “drop-and-dash” robot for the...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 7, 20183 min read


Free speech trumps ‘offensiveness’
Oregon’s Liberty High School must respect a student’s free-speech rights to wear a “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.”...

Joanne Jacobs
May 31, 20181 min read


Remember when every kid counted?
all their students made the grade — not just some of them, not just the White ones and the middle-class ones.” Under No Child Left Behind...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 27, 20181 min read
How immigrants learn English in Canada
In Canadian schools, immigrants catch up to native English speakers within three years, reports Education Week correspondent Kavitha...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 16, 20182 min read


Study links DACA to more schooling, fewer births
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which linked eligibility to schooling, led to a 15 percent increase in high...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 5, 20182 min read


Online degree expands college access
Georgia Tech’s online master’s in computer science program enabled mid-career workers to earn a degree that would have been out of reach...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 23, 20181 min read


Immigrant students catch up quickly in Canada
Teacher Ann Woomert works with Aisha, 12, from Somalia, in class for English Learners at an Ontario school. Photo: Ian Willms/Boreal...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 1, 20181 min read


Don’t blame tech for teen suicides
Don’t blame technology for teen suicides, writes Mike Males in the Washington Monthly. Rates are much higher for rural and small-town...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20181 min read


Immigrant parents aren’t keen on bilingual ed
Mural by students at Broadway Elementary School in Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified is tripling the number of dual-immersion bilingual...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31, 20182 min read


Bilingual ed as white privilege
Middle-class, native English-speaking, white parents are flooding into dual-immersion bilingual programs, writes Conor Williams in The...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 9, 20182 min read
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