Joanne Jacobs
Tutoring is booming: Parents are paying to give their kids an edge
Many more parents are paying for in-person or online tutoring.
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Joanne Jacobs
5 days ago1 min
39% of public-school parents are satisfied with their child's school
Only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child's school compared to 70% of private school parents.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 282 min
Americans still want their kids to go to college, but ...
Most people worry about college costs, but want their children to go to a two-year or four-year college.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 262 min
The honesty gap: 'How are parents supposed to understand this?'
States are hiding pandemic learning loss by lowering the bar for "proficiency" on state tests.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 252 min
No return to normal: Homeschooling is still growing
Homeschooling surged during the pandemic, and continues to grow.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 221 min
Parents, don't drive yourself crazy
"Intensive parenting" is driving parents crazy.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 192 min
Special ed is failing: With no time to meet diverse needs, teachers lower expectations
Overwhelmed by the number of students with different needs, teachers tend to lower expectations, writes veteran teacher.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 132 min
Ignorance isn't bliss
Los Angeles Unified will let 10 schools with low-income students drop standardized tests in favor of their own assessments.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 112 min
Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda
The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 92 min
How to get students to show up: Bribery? Tough love?
Paying chronic absentees $50 for each week of perfect attendance -- a desperation move in Oakland high schools -- hasn't made much of a...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 72 min
A rifle for Christmas: Are parents responsible for their kids' crimes?
He'd left his alcoholic, drug-addicted wife, taking custody of his teenage son. His son was bullied in middle school, then accused of...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 72 min
Worried parents may push back on 'phone-free schools'
The phone-free schools movement is spreading: South Carolina just became the latest state to restrict cellphones in school. Students will...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 61 min
How good is my kid's school? Good luck figuring out state report cards
State report cards do a poor job of informing parents. IDEA charters want Texas parents to see their ratings.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 52 min
$100 to read a book: This doesn't seem like a viable plan
My sixth-grade teacher wanted us to read 10 books during the school year. Whenever we read a book, we were supposed to fill out an index...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 252 min
The baby bust is global: China adopts 3-child policy
China dropped the one-child policy in 2015, after 30 years. The new slogan was: "One child is too few, while two are just right." Birth...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 211 min
Sprinkling the fairy dust that helps children fly
My visiting eight-month-old granddaughter crawl-flopped past the teething toys to chew on the metal leg of the coffee table. "Try the...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 212 min
Racial achievement gaps: Poverty, parents explain some (not all) of differences
Socioeconomic status explains some of the Black/White achievement gap and most of the Hispanic/White achievement gap.
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 162 min
Parents want choices: 84% support education savings accounts
Americans -- including Democrats -- strongly favor school choice, especially education savings accounts.
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 153 min
The anti-anxiety experiment: Friends without phones, adult-free camping
British mother persuaded teens to go smartphone-free for a month, then camp out for the weekend on their own.
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 151 min
Phone-free schools: Can it be done?
California is getting on the no-phones-in-class bandwagon , reports AP. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants school districts to restrict students’...
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