Joanne Jacobs
Black boys lack ‘a teacher who looks like me’
Boys do better with male teachers and non-white students better with a same-race teacher, studies show. Yet, 77 percent of teachers are...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 20, 2018
- 1 min
‘Unity Day’ fails
A Maryland high school’s “Unity Day” activity meant to confront and tear down stereotypes ended in tears, reports Emily Chappell in the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 27, 2017
- 1 min
Racial quotas for special ed?
Percentage of children and youth ages 3–21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by race/ethnicity: 2014–15...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 10, 2017
- 2 min
New suspension policy does little in Philly
Philadelphia’s discipline reforms, which limited suspensions, improved attendance but not achievement for previously suspended students...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 24, 2017
- 1 min
White teachers expect less of black students
White teachers’ low expectations for their black students could become “self-fulfilling prophecies,” concludes an analysis published in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 24, 2017
- 3 min
Won’t know much about history
“They’re trying to take away our history,” said President Trump at an Arizona rally. He cited the middle-of-the-night removal of The...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 12, 2017
- 2 min
To get into Princeton, show ‘cultural flavor’
Asian-Americans look alike to Princeton admissions officers, reports Molly Hensley-Clancy on BuzzFeed. She analyzes documents produced in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 26, 2017
- 1 min
College ‘diversity council’ admits racism hoax
Posters calling for “white Americans” to report “illegal aliens” alarmed Gustavus Adolphus College students, who flooded Bias Response...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 10, 2017
- 1 min
Beware the bias police
Universities are creating “Bias Response Teams” to investigate offensive speech, reports the Foundation for Individual Rights in...
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