Joanne Jacobs
Out the classroom door, but still teaching
While there’s little evidence of a “Big Quit” in education there may be a Significant Shift in how teachers see their options, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 25
- 2 min
22 weeks of lost learning
Remote students’ learning losses are worse than educators are willing to acknowledge, writes Thomas Kane, faculty director of Harvard’s...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 16
- 2 min
Zoom U was very bad for students
College students are not OK, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches first-year writing at Southern Methodist University, in a New York...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 16
- 1 min
Remote ed was double-whammy for poor students
Remote learning widened achievement gaps in states and districts that kept schools closed the longest, concludes a working paper by...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 4, 2018
- 1 min
Educational videos don’t have to be boring
Screen time isn’t necessarily wasted time, writes Mike Petrilli. His 10-year-old son learned about Admiral Yi Sun-sin, who defended Korea...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 17, 2018
- 1 min
Online colleges target California
Online colleges are recruiting like crazy in California, reports Gary Robbins in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Penn State, the University...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 6, 2018
- 1 min
California offers training for ‘stranded workers’
California is moving ahead with an online college for “stranded workers,” reports Mikhail Zinshteyn on EdSource. It will offer short-term...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 23, 2018
- 1 min
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
- Nov 24, 2017
- 1 min
Why families choose homeschooling
After doubling from 1999 to 2012, the percentage of homeschool students appears to have leveled off at 3.3 percent, reports Sarah Grady...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 7, 2017
- 1 min
Is personalization a fad? Curriculum matters
If students choose what to learn, pursuing their own interests, they’ll be engaged and active learners, say some personalized-learning...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 6, 2017
- 1 min
Online learning: The smart get smarter
Strong students benefit from online classes, but weak students do not, concludes Brookings’ Susan Dynarski. The convenience of online...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
‘Freshman year for free’ is here
Free college is a reality — not just a campaign promise — writes Steve Klinsky, founder and CEO of the Modern States Education Alliance,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 19, 2017
- 2 min
Learn now, pay later
Instead of paying for college, students can learn now, pay later at San Francisco’s Make School, reports Emily DeRuy in the San Jose...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 18, 2017
- 2 min
College of competence: How WGU works
Western Governors University, a national nonprofit, has been providing online, self-paced competency-based education to career-minded...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 25, 2017
- 2 min
Online credit recovery creates diploma mills
Online “credit-recovery” programs are raising high school graduation rates, writes Zoë Kirsch as part of a Slate series called The Big...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 2, 2017
- 2 min
Who needs a degree?
The future of college may not include going to class or earning a degree, writes AP’s Maria Danilova. “Education startups are offering...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 14, 2017
- 1 min
Course choice opens high school options
“Course choice,” also known as course access, is expanding options for students whose high schools can’t meet all their learning needs,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 12, 2017
- 1 min
Wisconsin governor: Let schools set class time
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget plan lets schools set their own days and hours of instruction, reports the Milwaukee...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 31, 2017
- 2 min
Online classes + coaching help first-gen students
Combining online courses with intensive coaching is helping low-income Boston students complete college degrees, writes Jon Marcus on...