Joanne Jacobs
Some like it virtual: Will online students learn less?
Enrollment is climbing in virtual schools, even as pandemic fears wane, reports Asher Lehrer-Small on The 74. Online schools saw an...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 11
- 1 min
College students lost learning too, but how much?
Universities aren't even trying to figure out how much students lost when classes went remote, writes Jonathan Zimmerman, who teaches...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 2
- 2 min
Louisiana eyes requiring summer school for struggling readers
Louisiana students not reading at grade level in K-4 would be required to attend summer school -- or repeat a grade -- under a proposal...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 15
- 3 min
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 24
- 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 15
- 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 18, 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 24, 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 13, 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,...