diversity | Joanne Jacobs

Joanne Jacobs

Students don't learn more from a same-race teacher

Elementary students don't learn more from a teacher who matches them in race or ethnicity, concludes a new study. There is little...

Joanne Jacobs

Columbia goes 'holistic,' dumps SAT/ACT requirement

Columbia University, know for its core curriculum in humanities, has become the first Ivy League school to drop SAT/ACT scores as an...

Joanne Jacobs

1 classroom, 5 achievement levels: The learning chasm

Trying to teach students who are way above and way below grade level in the same classroom puts an impossible burden on teachers, reports...

Joanne Jacobs

Who gets in? Try dartboard admissions

The college admissions race is a waste of time, argues Rick Hess, education policy director of the American Enterprise Institute. Except...

Joanne Jacobs

Don't push good teachers over the fiscal cliff

School districts are hiring more staffers, even as enrollments decline. When federal pandemic relief funds run out in 2024, who will be...

Joanne Jacobs

America is not black and white any more

Affirmative action was created at a time when most Americans belonged to a white majority or a black minority, writes Megan McArdle in...

Joanne Jacobs

Diversity on trial

Diversity is a "fig leaf" for elite colleges' desire to discriminate on the basis of race, says linguist John McWhorter in a New York...

Joanne Jacobs

What will replace racial preferences in college admissions?

Based on yesterday's oral arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority appears likely to reject race-based affirmative...

Joanne Jacobs

Without test scores, college admissions is 'chaotic' -- and still unfair

Without SAT or ACT scores, deciding who to admit is "chaotic, admissions officers told Kelly Slay, a Vanderbilt researcher. It's hard to...