Blog | Joanne Jacobs

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 132 min read

Ignorance isn't bliss

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 122 min read

New teachers 'don't understand how kids learn to read'

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 122 min read

Poor kids can learn to read too

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 112 min read

Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 101 min read

Anxious about math? Learn your times tables and it won't seem so scary

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 101 min read

It's possible to get into Harvard without basic algebra skills

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 92 min read

How to get students to show up: Bribery? Tough love?

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 92 min read

200-day school year boosts reading scores -- and attendance

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 81 min read

A la carte learning in Florida

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 72 min read

A rifle for Christmas: Are parents responsible for their kids' crimes?

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 72 min read

Worried parents may push back on 'phone-free schools'

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 61 min read

How good is my kid's school? Good luck figuring out state report cards

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 51 min read

Studying Swift (Taylor, not Jonathan) in school

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 52 min read

$100 to read a book: This doesn't seem like a viable plan

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 42 min read

'Terrible awful no good very bad' advice for teachers

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 32 min read

90% of teachers support cellphone bans

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 22 min read

AI is winning the war on cheating

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 13 min read

A debt-free bachelor's degree is not impossible (but it's not easy)

Joanne Jacobs

Aug 311 min read

Half of students don't want to go to college, but don't know what else they could do

Joanne Jacobs

Aug 302 min read

Ignorance isn't bliss

New teachers 'don't understand how kids learn to read'

Poor kids can learn to read too

Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda

Anxious about math? Learn your times tables and it won't seem so scary

It's possible to get into Harvard without basic algebra skills

How to get students to show up: Bribery? Tough love?

200-day school year boosts reading scores -- and attendance

A la carte learning in Florida

A rifle for Christmas: Are parents responsible for their kids' crimes?

Worried parents may push back on 'phone-free schools'

How good is my kid's school? Good luck figuring out state report cards

Studying Swift (Taylor, not Jonathan) in school

$100 to read a book: This doesn't seem like a viable plan

'Terrible awful no good very bad' advice for teachers

90% of teachers support cellphone bans

AI is winning the war on cheating

A debt-free bachelor's degree is not impossible (but it's not easy)

Half of students don't want to go to college, but don't know what else they could do

El Paso puts all students on the path to 8th-grade algebra