Joanne Jacobs
Generation Doom: Show students a path forward
Teachers should encourage young people to believe in the future, writes Alice Dominguez on EdSurge. The Doomer Generation needs a sense...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 29, 2022
- 2 min
Boy trouble
Boys are struggling in school around the world, not just in the United States, points out Kay Hymowitz in City Journal. Boys have lower...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
Reading 'Anne Frank' in Kabul
A secret book club for teen-age girls in Kabul, Afghanistan is reading The Diary of Anne Frank, reports Diaa Hadid for NPR. "Banned from...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 18, 2022
- 1 min
Putin orders pro-war classes
Russian schools are watching war movies, taking "virtual tours" through Crimea and "celebrating Russia's 'rebirth' under President...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 13, 2022
- 1 min
No learning loss in Sweden
Photo: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels In Sweden, which kept schools open throughout the pandemic, first- through third-graders made normal...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 10, 2022
- 2 min
What’s ‘age appropriate’ for young students?
Parents and teachers want lessons to be “age appropriate,” but disagree on when children are ready for painful topics, writes Marta W....
Joanne Jacobs
- May 7, 2022
- 1 min
‘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
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
When Coronavirus Cuts Your “Study Abroad” Program Short
Can you imagine getting to study abroad somewhere as exotic as Morocco, and then getting stuck there due to coronavirus? Danford, an...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 25, 2018
- 1 min
U.S. spends more on schools, gets less
The U.S. spends more on education than our competitors, but gets less brains for the buck, writes Dominic Rushe in The Guardian. The US...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 4, 2018
- 1 min
Excellent teachers or small classes?
What’s more important: excellent teachers or small class sizes? Singapore’s educational success is based on highly qualified,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 22, 2018
- 2 min
Look lively: Big Brother is watching
A Chinese high school installed cameras that monitor students’ facial expressions, reports Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times. Artificial...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 16, 2018
- 1 min
Not so smart no more
IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 2, 2018
- 1 min
Bootstrapping is harder in U.S.
Our competitors do a better job of enabling students to gain more education than their parents, she writes. Once, public education was...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 22, 2018
- 2 min
The little laptop that couldn’t
In 2005, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) promised to deliver rugged $100 laptops to poor children around the world, linking them to the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
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
- Mar 31, 2018
- 2 min
Swedish preschools teach boys to dance, girls to yell
Swedish preschools encourage boys to draw, dance and play in toy kitchens, while girls are taught to shout “No!,” reports Ellen Barry in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 1, 2018
- 1 min
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
- Feb 21, 2018
- 1 min
Equality widens STEM’s gender gap
In gender-equal Norway and Finland, 20 percent of college graduates in science, engineering and math are women, compared to 41 percent in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 17, 2018
- 2 min
Naked tykes by the fire pit
Sara Zaske moved to Germany with a four-year-old daughter, then gave birth to a son. In Achtung Baby she praises “the German art of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 5, 2018
- 1 min
Orderly classrooms help disadvantaged kids
Orderly classrooms help disadvantaged students become achievers, writes Greg Ashman, who teaches in Australia. He cites an OECD working...
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