Joanne Jacobs
'Anti-adoption drumbeat' leaves kids in foster care
Naomi Schaefer Riley hears an "anti-adoption drumbeat" from the media. "In the wake of the Dobbs decision, the Left wants to make sure...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 1
- 3 min
What will replace racial preferences in college admissions?
Based on yesterday's oral arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority appears likely to reject race-based affirmative...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 23
- 1 min
63% say 'no' to racial preferences in college admissions
Sixty-three percent of Americans say colleges shouldn't consider race in admissions, according to a Washington Post poll. Blacks are...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 23
- 1 min
Without test scores, college admissions is 'chaotic' -- and still unfair
Without SAT or ACT scores, deciding who to admit is "chaotic, admissions officers told Kelly Slay, a Vanderbilt researcher. It's hard to...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 11
- 2 min
How to help students succeed: It's not about exam schools
In A Tale of Two High Schools, Renu Mukherjee, a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, looks at San Francisco's Lowell High School,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 10
- 2 min
Why does Kalamazoo Promise work for women but not men?
The Kalamazoo Promise, which guarantees college scholarships to all graduates of the Michigan city's schools, has increased college...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 9
- 1 min
Are schools too quick to report suspected abuse, neglect?
Teachers, counselors and other school staff are required to report suspected child abuse and neglect. In New York City, from August 2019...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 4
- 3 min
Is 'equity' the enemy of excellence?
The "exodus of families from traditional public-school districts is a warning message," writes Jessica Levin on EdPost. Focusing...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 16
- 2 min
'Why would you teach a disadvantaged child that the world hates them'
After flirting with Marxism at Oxford, Katharine Birbalsingh began teaching in a state school with a "holistic, child-centered approach,"...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Black kids are a year farther behind in math: That matters, right?
Math scores for Black nine-year-olds dropped by 13 points compared to 2020, representing a year's worth of learning, reports the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 20
- 1 min
School meals are free in California, Maine, Vermont
TANSTAAFL -- "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" -- still applies, if you remember the taxpayers, but schools in some states will...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 12
- 3 min
Parents choose 'diverse by design' schools
"Diverse by design" schools are catching on, writes Kate Rix on the Hechinger Report. In Dallas, "50/50" schools try enroll an even mix...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 10
- 2 min
50 years of progress: Students are learning more
Reading and math scores have increased significantly in the last 50 years -- and achievement gaps by race and family income have narrowed...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Rich kid, poor kid
Upward mobility is a matter of who you know, conclude the authors of a newly published study on social capital. (See the data here.)...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
Lunch Shaming
Free and reduced lunch. Students across the country face the prospect of “lunch shaming” when their parents don’t pay whatever lunch bill...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 12, 2018
- 2 min
Too much turnover foils turnaround
Milwaukee’s low-performing Carver Academy got more money, new leadership and “five years of attention from Milwaukee’s best minds in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 6, 2018
- 1 min
‘Unlikely’ to graduate
Unlikely, a new documentary about the college dropout crisis, spotlights five students in Akron, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles who are...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 30, 2018
- 2 min
Integrating by choice in San Antonio
San Antonio is using school choice to integrate its schools — and to raise test scores, report Beth Hawkins on The 74. San Antonio’s...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 27, 2018
- 2 min
Catching up in ‘grade 2.5’
“Like many high-poverty middle schools, Oakland’s Elmhurst Community Prep is trying to reach students who are academically all over the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 27, 2018
- 1 min
Who’s #1 in graduating low-income students?
College rankings should reward schools that help disadvantaged students graduate and boost their social mobility, writes Bridget Burns,...