Joanne JacobsOct 292 min readRigor and results are broccoli: Ed reform has gone soft, sweet Accountability and rigor are out for politicians and education reformers.
Joanne JacobsJul 223 min readCan Mike Miles remake Houston schools? Houston's radically redesigned elementary and middle schools posted higher math and reading scores in nearly every grade level in the...
Joanne JacobsMay 161 min readBad teachers: We can get rid of bad rookies, but we're stuck with the veteransTeacher-evaluation reforms were a flop, explains Tim Daly, who worked hard in his days at TNTP to get bad teachers out of schools. Using...
Joanne JacobsSep 15, 20232 min readBack 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...
Joanne JacobsMar 23, 20232 min readAll children can learn -- but how much?Not all education problems are solvable, if we just try hard enough or spend enough, argues Freddie DeBoer in a column on optimism bias. ...