Joanne JacobsDec 19, 20172 minFudging graduation and now college-going ratesFederal education law encourage schools to fudge graduation rates, writes Laura Jimenez, director of standards and accountability for the...
Joanne JacobsDec 19, 20171 minDon’t oaf-rock your kidsfabulous, long-forgotten word: Oaf-rocked. In a story on Paul Anthony Jones’ book, The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, the BBC reports...
Joanne JacobsDec 18, 20171 minThe old is new: Character returns as SELU.S. schoolchildren once were told to emulate “Honest” Abe Lincoln and George Washington, who ” could not tell a lie.” Traditional...
Joanne JacobsDec 17, 20171 minEducators aren’t all liberals — they sayEducators aren’t all liberals, according to Education Week’s new survey. But most oppose all forms of school choice. About half of...
Joanne JacobsDec 16, 20171 min‘This thing called autism’George Yinoulis, a fourth grader in Raleigh, N.C., made a video to explain to classmates how he lives with autism. #autism
Joanne JacobsDec 15, 20171 minChurchill is in, but AP is light on libertyCollege Board’s revised AP European History Course and Exam Description is better, but still light on liberty, writes David Randall in...