Joanne Jacobs
Dear Sir . . . LMK about WRK
“Professional writing” has vanished from the curriculum, writes Ed Week‘s Sarah D. Sparks. Employers and educators are pushing for...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
Write to think, think to write
Students can do everything asked of them in school, yet fail to meet grade-level standards, charges TNTP’s new Opportunity Myth report....
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
Why college writing fails
Political indoctrination is destroying the value of college writing courses, argues Stephen Combs, who teaches composition at Florida’s...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
How Core kids learn reading, writing
Fordham’s Reading and Writing Instruction in America’s Schools looks at how teaching has changed in the Common Core era. Middle and high...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 19, 2018
- 2 min
Elite colleges drop SAT, ACT essay test
The ability to write cogently, quickly and under pressure, helped me get into and through college. However, a growing list of selective...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 11, 2018
- 2 min
More states rely on robo-graders for essay tests
Pearson’s “automated scoring program graded some 34 million student essays on state and national high-stakes tests last year,” she...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 3, 2017
- 1 min
No case for cursive
“Cursive handwriting instruction is returning to elementary school classrooms in New York City,” reports NBC News. Penmanship remains...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 21, 2017
- 1 min
College writing center: Grammar is racist
Grammar is “racist,” proclaims the writing center at the University of Washington, Tacoma. In fact, everything’s racist. Language...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 14, 2017
- 1 min
Teachers outsource grading
Teacher have outsourced grading at two Michigan public schools that are “teacher-powered,” reports Education Week Teacher. Washtenaw...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 1, 2017
- 2 min
The kids can’t write (or reason)
Nearly 500 people — all college graduates — applied for a communications job at Marc Tucker’s organization. Candidates were asked to...
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