Joanne JacobsNov 28, 20172 minSoft discipline is bigotry of low expectations Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appears to be gearing up to rescind Obama-era discipline policies. A 2014 “Dear Colleague” letter warned...
Joanne JacobsNov 27, 20171 minFear of tracking undercuts apprenticeship pushAmerica’s history of tracking could doom proposals for youth apprenticeships, writes New America’s Abigail Swisher. Would a robust system...
Joanne JacobsNov 13, 20172 minWhy I’m not involved in my kid’s schoolJung-ah Choi, a “college faculty member, teaching and writing about social justice, race, and education,” isn’t involved in her son’s...
Joanne JacobsNov 7, 20172 minTeaching ‘social justice’ — or propaganda?St. Louis teachers are turning their classrooms into “hubs of social justice,” reports Kristen Taketa for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A...