Joanne Jacobs
DeVos confirmed as Education secretary
Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Education secretary today on a 51-50 vote. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote. A massive...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 31, 2017
- 1 min
Navigating school is job benefit in New Orleans
How do you find the right school for your son? Help your daughter raise her grades? Understand jargon-heavy mailings? Advocate for a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 25, 2017
- 1 min
Libertarian builds low-cost private schools
A wealthy libertarian is creating low-cost private schools in North Carolina, reports Reason. After starting a popular charter school...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 23, 2017
- 2 min
School improvement flop: $7 billion = 0
After seven years and $7 billion in School Improvement Grants, low-performing schools showed no improvement, concluded a federal...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
Who is Betsy DeVos? What will she do?
On the eve of confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s nominee for Education secretary, American Federation of Teachers chief Randi...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 5, 2017
- 1 min
DeVos: Mainstream or monster?
Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s nominee for Education secretary, is a “pretty mainstream pick – though usual suspects on right & left of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 3, 2017
- 1 min
NYT gets it wrong on economists and vouchers
Free Market For Education: Economists Generally Don’t Buy It, claims Susan Dynarski, a University of Michigan education professor, in the...
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