Joanne JacobsJun 25, 20182 min‘No big payoffs’ to teacher evaluation pushTeacher-effectiveness programs funded by the Gates Foundation didn’t improve students’ achievement, reports Madeline Will in Ed Week. A...
Joanne JacobsMay 3, 20181 minTried-and-true vs. innovationEducators are obsessed with innovation, while ignoring the tried and true, writes Mike Schmoker in Education Week. For example, “ongoing...
Joanne JacobsSep 26, 20171 minReinventing school districtsThe 74 is running excerpts from the book. “Schools work better when their leaders have the autonomy to run their schools; when they are...
Joanne JacobsJun 5, 20172 minValedictorians — but not visionariesMost valedictorians don’t become “disruptive” innovators — or millionaires, reports The 74. “[Valedictorians] do well, but they don’t go...