Joanne JacobsSep 18, 20181 minIf schooling was as important as footballVesia Hawkins loves football, she writes on Volume & Light, which follows Nashville schools. This year, she’s taking her young cousin to...
Joanne JacobsSep 17, 20182 minBlack 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...
Joanne JacobsAug 13, 20182 minCutting suspensions doesn’t close ‘discipline gap’California’s out-of-school suspension rate is way down, but the “discipline gap” remains, reports Mario Koran on The 74. Black students...
Joanne JacobsJul 9, 20182 minNone dare call it trackingWell, it looks like tracking to me. And I’m fine with it. Jonathan Plucker, a Johns Hopkins education professor, sees “a subtle shift” in...