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While teachers worry about discipline, ed researchers focus on 'equity'
As teachers try to get students to "sit down, focus and learn," researchers priorities are equity, justice and identity.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 30, 20252 min read
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DEI buzzwords trigger huge cuts in STEM ed research
DOGE has ordered $773 million in cuts to STEM education research.

Joanne Jacobs
May 18, 20252 min read
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Some things you just can't unforget
If education researchers talk too much about "unforgetting," they won't be able to imagine a future in which their work is funded.

Joanne Jacobs
May 17, 20252 min read
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Shock, awe and chaos
The Education Department's research arm may have needed reform, but it's getting the Attila the Hun treatment.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 14, 20252 min read
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If the scores are bad, should we dump the test?
A majority of black, Hispanic and low-income fourth-graders have "below basic" reading skills. Does it matter?

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 11, 20253 min read
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