Joanne JacobsApr 101 minDemand is high for skilled trades classesSeventy percent of Los Angeles County students said they'd consider taking a skilled trades class, if their high school offered the...
Joanne JacobsJan 112 min'School math' is boring: Students want 'real math'"Math is important, but we’re being taught the wrong kind of math," say high school students in a YouthTruth survey. While 57 percent...
Joanne JacobsNov 7, 20232 min'Dual credits' aren't very helpful, but that can be fixedDual-credit programs are supposed to put students "on the fast track" to an affordable college degree, but many teens are earning credits...
Joanne JacobsSep 15, 20232 minBack to 'normal' isn't enough: The Covid generation is at riskIt's time to bring back bipartisan education reform writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. He's promoting A Generation at Risk, a "call to...