Joanne JacobsMar 15, 20231 min'Parents can't solve a problem they don't know they have'Many parents don't realize how badly their children are doing in school, reports AP's Bianca Vazquez Toness. Teachers don't like to...
Joanne JacobsMar 14, 20232 minWhy even kids who like to read hate English class English teachers are teaching kids to hate reading, writes Pamela Paul, a New York Times op-ed columnist, in response to Nathan Heller's...
Joanne JacobsMar 13, 20232 minWhen 3rd-graders can't read, should they repeat the grade?Third graders who read more than a year below grade level will be passed on to fourth grade in Michigan, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen...
Joanne JacobsMar 8, 20232 minHarvard students can't handle 'The Scarlet Letter' -- but prisoners can“The last time I taught The Scarlet Letter, I discovered that my students were really struggling to understand the sentences as sentences...