Joanne Jacobs
Edumania! McMahon is tapped as education secretary
Pro wrestling executive and former Small Business Administration chief Linda McMahon will be the next and possibly last Education...
top of page
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 252 min read
Who's truly disadvantaged? Look at single parenting, not race or poverty
Growing up in a single-parent family is a huge disadvantage in life, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli in Forbes. If racial preferences...
2 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 242 min read
Disadvantaged? Really???
Vice President Kamala Harris, the daughter of two university professors, was admitted to Hastings law school via a program for applicants...
4 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 192 min read
'Free college' isn't enough to raise success rates for low-income students
"Free" tuition has boosted two-year graduation rates in Tennessee, but low-income students need more help to complete a degree.
2 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 112 min read
Students are narrowing achievement gaps in high-choice cities
In cities with at least a third of students in charters or other choice schools, students are narrowing achievement gaps.
4 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 12 min read
How schools can help poor kids beat the odds: Consistency, collaboration, priorities
Schools that help disadvantaged students achieve focus on consistently good teaching, a strong, shared curriculum and lots of collaboration.
0 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 122 min read
Poor kids can learn to read too
Overall, family poverty and reading problems go together. But some school districts are beating the odds.
2 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 211 min read
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...
2 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 212 min read
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.
0 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12 min read
Only the education-rich can afford laissez-faire schools
Monogamy is "outdated," Troubled author Rob Henderson's Yale classmate told him. She's been raised in a stable, two-parent family and...
9 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 182 min read
'Raised by wolves,' Vance defends parents' rights
“Parents should absolutely be the primary stakeholders in their kids' education, and anyone who disagrees should stay the hell away from...
2 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 52 min read
The college pitch: How students write personal essays
Minority students are only slightly less likely to write about their racial or ethnic identity in college admissions essays, according to...
1 comment
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 293 min read
A 'Colorblind America' sees race, but tries to treat people the same
"Anti-racism" is a kind of "neo-racism," argues Coleman Hughes in his new book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind...
3 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 231 min read
St. Peter's wins March Madness for mobility
The Peacocks of Saint Peter’s University were blown out of the NCAA basketball tournament in the first round, losing to University of...
2 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 212 min read
As absenteeism soars, schools want money for no-show students
Funding schools based on enrollment rather than attendance would be "more equitable," a superintendent told Rick Hess as they waited to...
13 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 102 min read
It takes a stable family
"Luxury beliefs" -- the idea that monogamy is outdated, drugs are harmless and success comes from luck rather than hard work -- are fine...
4 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 302 min read
Psych out: Why are we teaching kids to be hopeless and helpless?
"Anti-racists" are demoralizing black students, write Julian Adorney and Jake Mackey on Quillette. Teenage depression and suicide rates...
2 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 243 min read
Teachers are fed up with student misbehavior, classroom chaos
The "new normal" of student behavior -- a toxic mix of disrespect, disruption, violence and apathy -- is driving teachers to despair,...
0 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 202 min read
Does preschool help kids -- or harm them?
Expanding free preschool is a progressive priority. Early experiments in the 1960s and 1970s -- Perry Preschool program and the...
5 comments
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 91 min read
To gain public trust, make college admissions less 'murky'
College admissions are "murky," and getting murkier, writes Peter Arcidiacono, a Duke economics professor, on Persuasion. "Test-optional"...
3 comments
bottom of page