Joanne JacobsMay 23, 20222 minAre reading wars over? ‘Balanced literacy’ is a loserTeachers were trained to teach students how to guess words they couldn’t read. The reading wars are over, writes Dana Goldstein in the...
Joanne JacobsMay 22, 20221 minIf you want to speak up, you’d better be a saintPrinceton’s president wants to fire a tenured classics professor, but claims it’s not because he criticized “anti-racist” proposals,...
Joanne JacobsMay 19, 20222 minTeach students to meet deadlines, handle stressWhen schools closed and classes went online, expectations fell. Some students had trouble accessing classes or younger siblings to tend...
Joanne JacobsMay 18, 20222 minBiden picks teachers’ unions over studentsThe Biden administration has abandoned the Obama legacy on charter schools and chosen teachers’ unions over students, writes Jonathan...