Joanne JacobsMay 19, 20181 minMusic maestro, pleaseThe Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has created a free after-school music program that reaches 1,300 students in six schools, reports the...
Joanne JacobsMay 18, 20182 minWhat I learned from studying mathOn Medium, Alex Korchinski writes about what he learned by majoring in applied math — other than math. He learned to tolerate frustration...
Joanne JacobsMay 18, 20181 minWhere do you really live?Kicked Out shows how districts in the Philadelphia suburbs keep out non-district students. In one segment of the series, WHYY reporter...
Joanne JacobsMay 17, 20181 minLearning about work starts earlyWhen my daughter was in preschool, she wanted to grow up to be a ballet dancer. I remember a boy who wanted to be a tap dancer and a chef...
Joanne JacobsMay 16, 20182 minCore confusionThe switch to Common Core instruction was annoying, intriguing, inconsistent and sometimes unnoticeable, concludes a survey of 54...
Joanne JacobsMay 16, 20181 minAre test scores irrelevant?Students defended their Providence, Rhode Island middle school in a panel discussion sponsored by Generation Citizen, reports the...