Joanne Jacobs
Too much turnover foils turnaround
Milwaukee’s low-performing Carver Academy got more money, new leadership and “five years of attention from Milwaukee’s best minds in...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 1, 2018
- 3 min
A shiny new school fails
San Francisco spent $54 million to build and equip a new STEM-focused middle school to serve low-income black students — and lure...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 27, 2017
- 2 min
Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts
I was a Brownie and then a Girl Scout at Ravinia Elementary School. We learned to fold a flag and to knit squares, which our leader...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 8, 2017
- 2 min
Diamonds in the rough — or roughnecks?
Rebels and rule-breakers may be original thinkers who will change the world, writes teacher Ashley Lamb-Sinclair in The Atlantic. Albert...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 2, 2017
- 2 min
Israel’s education secret: It’s not the schools
Israel is a global leader in technology, despite its small size, writes Naftali Bennett, a former high-tech CEO and now Minister of...
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