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Second wave of learning loss is coming in ’23-24
Students learned a lot less in remote classes, test scores show. “The achievement loss is far greater than most educators and parents...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 12, 20221 min read


Young males in trouble
We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....

Joanne Jacobs
May 26, 20221 min read


Teaching kids to share crayons isn’t intrusive
Teaching social and emotional skills — done properly — is an essential part of teaching, argues Fordham intern Nathaniel Grossman. It’s...

Joanne Jacobs
May 12, 20221 min read


Is social-emotional learning a Trojan horse?
While social-emotional learning sounds “positive and uncontroversial” in theory, “in practice, SEL serves as a delivery mechanism for...

Joanne Jacobs
May 4, 20222 min read


Look lively: Big Brother is watching
A Chinese high school installed cameras that monitor students’ facial expressions, reports Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times. Artificial...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 22, 20182 min read


How restorative justice can work
Students talk at the peace table at a San Jose Montessori school Restorative justice can make schools safer, if it’s done well, writes...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 28, 20182 min read


Catholic schools teach self-control
Catholic schools build self-discipline, concludes a Fordham study. Students in Catholic schools were compared to public-school students...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20181 min read


Kids build ‘growth mindset,’ lose self-control skills
“As they progress through school, students are getting better at believing they can master challenging subjects, but they are getting...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20181 min read


Tech that monitor kids’ feelings: Creepy or … ?
technology to monitor students’ feelings is sparking privacy concerns, reports Benjamin Herold on Education Week. No kidding. All school...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 20, 20182 min read


We’re scaring the kids — not helping them
When a parent toured her 5-year-old daughter’s future kindergarten near Boston, she noticed a poem on the board set to the lyrics of ...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 14, 20182 min read


Raising self-regulating kids
Children — and their parents and teachers face a “crisis of self-regulation,” argues Katherine Reynolds Lewis in The Good News About Bad...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 9, 20182 min read
Counselors are the first to be cut
Colorado is investing in school counselors to improve success rates for low-income students reports Hechinger’s Sarah Gonser. As of 2016,...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 6, 20181 min read


Glitter jars, bean bags and progress
At a Columbus, Ohio school in a high-poverty neighborhood, teachers use different strategies to help children learn to calm themselves,...

Joanne Jacobs
May 14, 20181 min read


Broken PROMISE
Today, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, students are being urged to walk out of school to protest school shootings, register...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 19, 20183 min read


De Vos: Schools are less safe
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is under pressure to rescind — or to preserve — what’s known as the “Obama-era guidance” on school...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 12, 20183 min read


Reaching out to every child
Teachers chart their relationships with students at a high-poverty North Carolina school, reports Lisa Philip on WUNC. Pattillo Middle...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 7, 20181 min read


Closing the gap in Chicago
Two Chicago charter schools are closing the achievement gap for low-income, black children, according to a new book, The Ambitious...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 27, 20181 min read


Grit or gratitude?
Education folks are sick of hearing about grit: It’s the Finland of social-emotional traits. No more nose to the grindstone, writes Olga...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 20, 20181 min read


Teaching kindness
Feelings are part of the curriculum for young children in some New York City schools, reports Richard Schiffman in the New York Times....

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 11, 20181 min read


Banned: Best friends
Schools should ban best friends, writes psychologist Barbara Greenberg in U.S. News. Besties are “exclusionary.” Restricting exclusive...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 10, 20181 min read
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