Joanne JacobsJan 24, 20181 minWho needs middle school?Boston will eliminate middle schools under a plan proposed by Superintendent Tommy Chang. The city already has created a number of K-8...
Joanne JacobsJan 24, 20181 minClosing the gap — in North DakotaWalletHub’s list of most and least educated states reports that North Dakota has erased the racial education gap. Some 29.4 percent of...
Joanne JacobsJan 24, 20181 minSchool choice shouldn’t be controversialSchool choice shouldn’t be controversial, writes Chris Stewart on Citizen Ed. School Choice Week reminds us that “hundreds of thousands...
Joanne JacobsJan 23, 20181 minTo get to equity, teach ’em to readKate Walsh of the National Council on Teacher Quality is tired of apologizing for her “narrow-minded” focus on academic goals as the way...
Joanne JacobsJan 23, 20182 minTest-optional is not an equalizerTest-optional college admissions tilts the playing field just a little bit more, writes Kelly Ochs Rosinger, a Penn education professor,...
Joanne JacobsJan 22, 20181 minA grade-free utopia — or aristocracy?Imagine schools and colleges without grades, writes Mark Barnes in Education Week. “Imagine classrooms where teachers never place...