Joanne JacobsAug 30, 20181 min71% of parents: My kid’s school is OKSeventy-one percent of parents are satisifed with their own child’s education, but only 48 percent are satisfied with education quality...
Joanne JacobsAug 30, 20181 minUnprepared to learn — or even to tryCredit: ClipartXtras Having failed their way through middle school, students are passed on to high school, writes Darren Miller on Right...
Joanne JacobsAug 29, 20181 minMath licensing test is too hard, say teachersDoes a third-grade teacher need to know high school math? asks Ann Doss Helms in the Charlotte Observer. “Almost 2,400 North Carolina...
Joanne JacobsAug 29, 20181 minFor $15 — no bake salesAt an Alabama school, parents can opt out of school fundraisers. “Don’t want to sell anything, bake anything, buy anything or generally...
Joanne JacobsAug 28, 20182 minLearning to hate exercise in P.E. classI walk every day, do weight training two to three days a week and go to a weekly Zumba class. In the summer, I swim every day. If my...
Joanne JacobsAug 28, 20181 minHow many school shootings? We don’t knowMore than two-thirds of school shootings reported by the U.S. Education Department “never happened,” reports NPR. This spring the U.S....