Joanne JacobsApr 20, 20222 min‘Rigor’ is a Potemkin villageHigh school rigor is often a facade, writes Natalie Wexler on Forbes. It’s a “Potemkin village.” High school graduates in the class of...
Joanne JacobsOct 17, 20182 minTeach history, not ‘social studies’ unitsPeriodically, my eighth-grade teacher would fill the blackboard with everything we should “know” for the test. I remember “1777” (battle...
Joanne JacobsOct 10, 20181 minWhich classroom do you want for your child?Pray that your children get the first classroom, tweeted ResearchED founder Tom Bennett in response to the graphic by Deeper Learning....
Joanne JacobsApr 15, 20182 minWe’re teaching reading wrongWe’re teaching reading wrong, writes Natalie Wexler in The Atlantic. U.S. schools spend a lot of time on reading skills in the early...