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Teaching about racism: Americans are divided
Americans agree that schools should teach about historic racism and slavery, but divided on present-day racism, writes Matt Barnum on...
Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20221 min read
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Social justicing mathematx
Joy Pullman rants well. In The Federalist, she takes on social justice math. University of Illinois Professor Rochelle Gutierrez, who...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 20, 20182 min read
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None dare call it tracking
Well, it looks like tracking to me. And I’m fine with it. Jonathan Plucker, a Johns Hopkins education professor, sees “a subtle shift” in...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 9, 20182 min read
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Rethinking high school math
Math literacy — using numbers to understand real-world problems — should be the goal of high school math classes, concludes a report from...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 29, 20182 min read
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Fear of tracking undercuts apprenticeship push
America’s history of tracking could doom proposals for youth apprenticeships, writes New America’s Abigail Swisher. Would a robust system...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 27, 20171 min read
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It’s hard to create schools that ‘work for everybody’
Creating schools that “work for everybody” is a challenge, writes Education Week‘s Catherine Gewertz. When the bell rings at Wheaton...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 4, 20171 min read
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