Joanne JacobsNov 1, 20233 minHow to kill the bad-teaching monster: Don't forget the garlicTo kill a vampire permanently dead, you'll need to hammer a wooden stake in its heart, shoot it with a silver bullet melted down from a...
Joanne JacobsOct 17, 20232 minWhy so many parents mistrust schools: They didn't teach our kids to read"When schools fail to teach reading, it harms the public's trust in schools," writes Kendra Hurley in Slate. Her children's Brooklyn...
Joanne JacobsOct 9, 20232 minRosalinda wants to be an astronaut, but she doesn't read very wellMassachusetts, which claims to have the best public schools in the nation, is "failing its neediest learners," write Mandy McLaren and...
Joanne JacobsJun 27, 20232 minWhy Johnny can't read in OregonOregon schools, which once outdid national averages, produced "jaw-dropping declines in student outcomes" during the pandemic, and now...