Joanne Jacobs
Black teachers matter — integration doesn’t
Integrated schools won’t close the racial achievement gap, argues Rafiq R. Kalam Id-Din II in an Education Week commentary. Black...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 25, 2017
- 1 min
Rhee’s DC reforms are paying off
The very controversial, take-no-prisoners education reformer Michelle Rhee deserves credit for making big changes in Washington, D.C....
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 12, 2017
- 1 min
PISA’s best of the best
PISA4U, a “collaborative learning program for teachers and schools,” hopes to help schools improve. BASIS Schools, a national charter...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 28, 2017
- 2 min
Let schools enforce discipline
Rescinding the joint 2014 “dear colleague” letter on school discipline should be a top priority for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 6, 2017
- 1 min
U.S. schools get a slacker’s C
U.S. schools have a C average on Education Week‘s Quality Counts Report Card. There’s little change from last year in most categories....
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