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Test-optional is not an equalizer
Test-optional college admissions tilts the playing field just a little bit more, writes Kelly Ochs Rosinger, a Penn education professor,...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20182 min read
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A grade-free utopia — or aristocracy?
Imagine schools and colleges without grades, writes Mark Barnes in Education Week. “Imagine classrooms where teachers never place...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 22, 20181 min read
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9th-grade GPA predicts college success (or failure)
Grades, attendance, test scores and graduation rates are up in Chicago Public Schools. Helping ninth graders raise their grades is paying...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20172 min read
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Majors matter
“Deciding your major plays a bigger role in determining your career earnings than does where you go to school or even deciding whether or...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 6, 20171 min read
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