Joanne Jacobs
Learning is hard, and cheating is easier than ever: What can teachers do?
Teachers can't turn every student into an eager learner, but they can make it harder to cheat.
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Joanne Jacobs
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
How schools can help poor kids beat the odds: Consistency, collaboration, priorities
Schools that help disadvantaged students achieve focus on consistently good teaching, a strong, shared curriculum and lots of collaboration.
Joanne Jacobs
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Reform can work: Closing bad schools and opening new ones improved learning in Denver
Denver Public Schools improved -- a lot -- in part by closing bad schools and opening new ones.
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 24
- 2 min
U.S. history teachers prefer DIY curriculum to textbooks
U.S. history teachers are using "digital sources and primary documents" rather than textbooks , according to a report by the American...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 23
- 2 min
Books are too long and boring, say English teachers
When I was in school in the '60s, we read Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights , Great Expectations, Hard Times, Canterbury Tales, The...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Covid stress hurt memory, 'flexible thinking' for kids and teachers, says study
Students -- and teachers -- lost reasoning, memory and executive-function skills during the pandemic. Stress? Long Covid? Screens?
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Chicago to teachers: Give migrant students a 70% and pass them along
Chicago teachers say they were told to pass all migrant students, regardless of their academic skills.
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 19
- 2 min
Special ed is failing: With no time to meet diverse needs, teachers lower expectations
Overwhelmed by the number of students with different needs, teachers tend to lower expectations, writes veteran teacher.
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 18
- 2 min
The lonely teacher: Schools need freedom to rethink teaching
The one-teacher, one-classroom model is leaving teachers exhausted, isolated and ready to quit, according to a National Council on...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 12
- 2 min
New teachers 'don't understand how kids learn to read'
A majority of Wisconsin students -- about three out of five -- score below "proficient" on state tests, write Danielle DuClos and Kayla...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda
The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 4
- 2 min
'Terrible awful no good very bad' advice for teachers
Chicago teachers are getting very bad advice on how to teach with AI.
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 3
- 2 min
90% of teachers support cellphone bans
Ninety percent of teachers in a NEA survey want their schools to ban cellphones in class, and 83 percent back all-day bans.
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Discovering math: How do you know 75% is more than 50%?
I remember when "the new math" was new. It was supposed to teach kids to understand math, not just go through the motions. I'd just...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 29
- 1 min
The solution to apathy is to help students learn
Learning is motivating , writes math teacher Dylan Kane on Five Twelve Thirteen. Many schools are modifying the curriculum to cater to...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 26
- 2 min
Who's the best teacher? 'Good with kids' trumps knowing the subject
Principals prefer "engaging" teachers over those who are good at instruction but not classroom management.
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 26
- 1 min
Let teachers learn from teachers -- not ed profs -- in the classroom
Education schools are doing a poor job preparing new teachers for K-12 classrooms, writes Beanie Geoghegan of Freedom in Education in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 20
- 2 min
It's great if kids like math, but can they do math?
K-8 students will "manipulate shapes, animals and algebraic formulas to build foundational understanding of math" on a new math platform...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 19
- 2 min
When high school students can't read
Angie Hackman teaches chemistry -- and reading, reports Hechinger's Julian Roberts-Grmela. Every teacher at Health Sciences High and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Teaching the election: It's not a crusade
Social studies teachers are eager to discuss the election -- students might actually care! -- but also very nervous about...
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