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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...

Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20171 min read
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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
Apr 25, 20171 min read
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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
Mar 12, 20171 min read
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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
Feb 28, 20172 min read
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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....

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 6, 20171 min read
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