Joanne JacobsJan 242 min'No excuses' school guru passes on: Will excellence survive?Linda Brown, who trained hundreds of charter leaders as leader of (Building Excellent Schools (ES), has died at the age of 81. Many of...
Joanne JacobsJan 243 minTeachers are fed up with student misbehavior, classroom chaosThe "new normal" of student behavior -- a toxic mix of disrespect, disruption, violence and apathy -- is driving teachers to despair,...
Joanne JacobsJan 232 minCash for class: Ohio may pay students to show up at schoolOhio may pay students to show up at school, reports Laura A. Bischoff in the Columbus Dispatch. Under the proposed pilot program,...
Joanne JacobsJan 222 minBlack parents want choices, but Chicago plans to limit optionsBlack parents are the most likely to choose charter, selective enrollment or magnet schools in Chicago, reports Sarah Karp for WBEZ. She...
Joanne JacobsJan 222 minUnion-backed group claims choice is 'rooted in racism'The union-backed Partnership for the Future of Learning has launched an anti-choice campaign charging that "voucher programs" are "deeply...
Joanne JacobsJan 212 minA professor writes: What I really think about DEIJames Hankins, a Harvard history professor, posts an honest diversity statement addressed to "dear members of Harvard's Faceless...