Joanne Jacobs
'Covid grads' aren't ready for college
A top student at his Milwaukee high school, Angel Hope won college scholarships and chose the University of Wisconsin at Madison, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
'If things get hard, they just quit'
After three years of pandemic-disrupted schooling, students just don't care any more, complains a teacher on Chalkbeat's After the Bell...
Joanne Jacobs
- 7 days ago
- 2 min
To keep kids healthy, keep them in class learning
School closures were a mistake, writes Joseph G. Allen, an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard's...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 20
- 1 min
It's a 'long road to recovery'
When students returned to school, they began learning again, but the recovery was hampered by "high absenteeism, quarantines and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Normal in the fall?
San Diego schools have reimposed indoor mask mandates for summer school students, reports Domenick Candelieri. The city is seeing a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Tennessee rebounds: Is it tutors?
Reading scores have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels or better in Tennessee, according to a new analysis, reports Beth Hawkins on The 74....
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 16
- 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
- Jun 13
- 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 26
- 1 min
Young males in trouble
We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....
Joanne Jacobs
- May 19
- 2 min
Class of ’22: Fewer males aim for college
After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 18
- 2 min
Public schools lost 1.3 million students
Nearly 1.3 million students left district-run public schools in the last two years, estimates the Return to Learn tracker. Districts’...