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Black, Hispanic students shift from elite colleges to state flagships
Black and Hispanic students are less likely to be admitted to elite colleges, more likely to attend flagship state universities.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 72 min read
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Asian-American students work hard: Is that a problem?
Asian-American achievers don't just study for tests. They participate in sports, art, music and dance.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 42 min read
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The anti-knowledge league prefers 'engagement' to learning
Teaching knowledge and vocabulary helps students learn, but education professors prefer "engagement" to learning.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 21, 20252 min read
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Racial preferences by other names
"Socioeconomic" preferences often help low-income blacks, but low-income Asian Americans.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 2, 20252 min read
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Equity or mediocrity? Mamdani would phase out gifted classes in early grades
Should New York City schools phase out classes for gifted elementary students?

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 3, 20252 min read
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Math teacher was trained on equity, culture, but not how to teach math
At a well-respected graduate school of education, a former engineer learned about equity, culture and identity, but very little about how to teach math.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 29, 20253 min read
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University will 'validate' students, lower academic standards
Professors will be asked to relax deadlines, attendance policies and grading standards to help low-income, minority and first-generation students at University of Nebraska Kearney.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 15, 20253 min read
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AFT tells teachers: Don't report child neglect -- or chronic absentees
Teachers are being encouraged not to report suspected child neglect or abuse -- or chronic absenteeism -- to keep families together.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 30, 20253 min read
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Poet X hasn't replaced Shakespeare -- yet -- in English classes
English teachers still teach classics, but think students relate more to "diverse" young-adult books.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 1, 20253 min read
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You're a genius! You're a genius! You're a genius!
Calling every student a "genius" -- even if they're not learning - - obscures failure for students and their teachers.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 7, 20252 min read
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The African question: Who's what?
Did Zohran Mamdani lie when he wrote he checked the "Black/African American" box on his college applications?

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 6, 20253 min read
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DEI dominoes wobble in California
Ethnic studies mandates based on racism, colonialism and Marxism are being rejected, even at the University of California and San Francisco schools.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 29, 20253 min read
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More education, less political activism
Stop teaching a can't-do spirit. Young Americans are individuals capable of reason, resilience and growth -- not perpetual oppressors or victims.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20252 min read
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Genghis Khan was a nice guy. Israel is evil. SF parents push back on 'ethnic studies' mandate
San Francisco parents are resisting a year-long ethnic studies classes that focuses on left-wing politics.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 3, 20253 min read
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Open the door to new worlds: Poor kids have a right to Shakespeare, Bach, Plato
To offer a demanding, powerful curriculum to every child is not elitist. It is egalitarian.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 2, 20251 min read
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Suspension rates vary: Is it racism, poverty or ... ?
Black students are suspended more than whites, but the disparities seem linked to behavior and family poverty rather than racism.

Joanne Jacobs
May 20, 20252 min read
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Surprise! It's not OK to punch the teacher or threaten to blow up the school
Attacking a school staffer or making a bomb threat will no longer be treated as a minor offense in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20252 min read
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EdChoice vouchers boost college-going and degrees -- but not test scores
Ohio's EdChoice vouchers are under legal attack: A new study says they help disadvantaged students.

Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20252 min read
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Zuckerbergs give up on holistic, trauma-informed, culturally responsive schools
What if a school provided help with parenting, health and wellness and social services? A Zuckerberg-funded experiment is closing, an apparent failure.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 26, 20252 min read
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'Disparate impact' is out: Base discipline on behavior, not race, says Trump order
Schools should discipline students who misbehave without regard to their race, says Trump's new executive order.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 25, 20252 min read
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