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Love, struggle and failure
In Raising Kings: A Year of Love and Struggle at Ron Brown College Prep, a three-part series by NPR and Education Week, Cory Turner...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 2, 20172 min read


Biloxi kids can read ‘Mockingbird’ — but should they?
To Kill a Mockingbird is back in Biloxi schools— with parental permission — weeks after it was removed from the required eighth-grade...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 31, 20172 min read


Is ‘land of opportunity’ offensive?
If college administrators aren’t going to train students and faculty in “cultural competence,” they should do it competently, writes...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 18, 20172 min read


Latinos go to college — but few earn 4-year degrees
Latinos’ high school graduation rates have soared and they’re far more likely to enroll in two- and four-year colleges. However Latino...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 15, 20171 min read
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