Joanne Jacobs
When high hopes meet low expectations
Most students “meet the demands of their assignments” more than two-thirds of the time, yet demonstrate mastery of grade-level standards...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 28, 20182 min read
Teachers debate: Should students get retakes?
Baptiste Delvallé doesn’t let students retake quizzes and tests, he writes in Education Week. Here’s how I explain it to my students. If...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 11, 20181 min read
Learning isn’t always fun
When it is fun, it’s often because of “cognitive struggle,” the joy of doing what’s hard, Boser believes. As a teacher, Cepeda is tired...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 9, 20172 min read
Against education
Most people don’t learn much in college beyond basic literacy and numeracy, writes Bryan Caplan in The Atlantic. A degree shows mastery...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 17, 20171 min read
‘Growth mindset’ predicts learning gains
Students who believe they can get smarter learn more, conclude researchers Susana Claro and Susanna Loeb. They analyzed data from five...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 12, 20171 min read
Too much ‘screen time’ in school?
Technology hasn’t transformed teaching and learning, notes Education Next, but some believe that’s due to “implementation problems — or...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 14, 20172 min read
Play is great, but kids need to work too
The University of Cambridge has appointed the world’s first Lego professor of play, writes Tom Bennett in The Guardian. Young children...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 7, 20171 min read
Do college students learn to think? Many do not
In their fourth year of college, many students can’t gather, analyze and evaluate information, concludes a Wall Street Journal report. At...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 6, 20173 min read
Mob rule at Evergreen
Too many American colleges have become “institutions of higher daycare,” writes Lance Morrow, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy...
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