Joanne JacobsMay 31, 20222 minMore Michigan 3rd graders fail reading testThird graders who are a year behind in reading are supposed to repeat the grade under Michigan’s “read by grade three” law, but few are...
Joanne JacobsSep 24, 20182 minMichigan 3rd graders must ‘read or flunk’Justin Jennings went to Purdue with a basketball scholarship — and third-grade reading skills, he recalls. With intensive tutoring help,...
Joanne JacobsMar 30, 20182 minThe kids (many of them) aren’t alrightFamily dysfunction is more common — and more devastating for children — than we think, writes Brian A. Jacob and Joseph Ryan in Education...
Joanne JacobsMar 22, 20181 minWhat teachers make — with cost of livingWhich states pay teachers the most and least when cost of living is factored in? asks NPR’s Cory Turner. EdBuild, a nonprofit, adjusted...