Joanne JacobsJun 25, 20182 min read‘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 min readTried-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 min readReinventing 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 4, 20172 min readValedictorians — but not visionariesMost valedictorians don’t become “disruptive” innovators — or millionaires, reports The 74. “[Valedictorians] do well, but they don’t go...
Joanne JacobsMay 5, 20171 min readIndianapolis innovatesIndianapolis is expanding school choice, writes David Osborne in Education Next. In addition to having a mayor who can authorize charter...
Joanne JacobsFeb 24, 20171 min readBeyond the classroomNew high schools are “demolishing the classroom,”, writes Leslie Nguyen-Okwu on OZY. With a $10 million grant from the XQ: Super Schools...