Joanne Jacobs
Don’t wait to get students on track
In the U.S., disadvantaged kids start school behind on vocabulary and cultural experiences, then fall farther behind as they go through...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 2, 2018
- 2 min
Our kids are team players: Is that the ideal?
“Collaborative problem-solving” is a strength for U.S. teens, according to the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA),...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 21, 2017
- 1 min
French schools say ‘non’ to cell phones
French schools will ban cell phones reports Henry Samuel in The Telegraph. In addition to a classroom ban, students will not be allowed...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 3, 2017
- 1 min
Iceland’s clean teens
Iceland’s teens are much less likely to get drunk, use drugs or smoke since the country focused on the problem in 1998, reports BBC News....
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 24, 2017
- 1 min
Kids can take it
You’d never see this ad on American TV, says Let Grow. #Norway #play
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 20, 2017
- 2 min
Achievers don’t want to be teachers
High achievers don’t want to be teachers, reports Madeline Will for Education Week Teacher. “Around the world, students who want to go...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 28, 2017
- 2 min
In Arab world, girls rule in school: Why?
Female students outnumber males two to one at the University of Jordan Across the Arab world, girls rule in school, writes Amanda Ripley...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 28, 2017
- 2 min
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
- Aug 14, 2017
- 1 min
Shanghai schooling
Students are obedient achievers in a “military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing, with teachers posting rankings in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 1, 2017
- 1 min
International Schools
It’s August, which means the start of school is just around the corner. Heck, I go back to work one week from today, and students show up...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 10, 2017
- 2 min
Teaching the old-time virtues
In “Schools Are Still Peddling the Self-Esteem Hoax,” Fordham’s Checker Finn criticizes social and emotional learning as another fad....
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 29, 2017
- 2 min
Apprenticeship: Will it work in the U.S.?
The much-admired German apprenticeship system “relies on a very stratified education system along with regulated and heavily unionized...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 29, 2017
- 2 min
Chinese students know anyone could be watching
Thousands of schools in China “are installing webcams in classrooms and streaming live on websites that are open to the public,”...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 15, 2017
- 1 min
U will monitor students’ social media, moods
university will monitor students’ social media posts to assess their well-being and happiness, reports Richard Vaughan on iNews. The...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 1, 2017
- 2 min
Israel’s education secret: It’s not the schools
Israel is a global leader in technology, despite its small size, writes Naftali Bennett, a former high-tech CEO and now Minister of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 22, 2017
- 1 min
Foreign students: U.S. schools are easy
Two-thirds of foreign-exchange students say U.S. high schools are “much easier” than schools in their home countries, writes Tom Loveless...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 11, 2017
- 1 min
PISA’s best of the best
PISA4U, a “collaborative learning program for teachers and schools,” hopes to help schools improve. BASIS Schools, a national charter...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 8, 2017
- 1 min
British teachers try police-style body cameras
British teachers are wearing police-style body cameras to deter and document disruption by their students, reports the BBC. Two schools...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 9, 2017
- 1 min
Sex-change guide for kids riles Brits
Can I Tell You About Gender Diversity?, which will be introduced at some British primary schools, is — surprise! — causing controversy,...
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