Joanne Jacobs
Already behind, students are asked to do less
Students fell behind in reading and math when schools closed, and they're not likely to catch up if teachers don't assign challenging...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 17, 20221 min
Where are the students?
Urban districts are reporting sharp drops in enrollments compared to pre-pandemic levels: New York City is down 8.3 percent. Chicago...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 16, 20221 min
Burned out at 18
More than a third of teenagers have changed their pre-pandemic college plans according to a recent EdChoice survey, report John Kristof...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20222 min
'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
Aug 8, 20222 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
Aug 6, 20222 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, 20221 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, 20222 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, 20221 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, 20223 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, 20221 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, 20221 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, 20222 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, 20222 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’...
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