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Education is fond of fads: If it feels good, fund it
Fads drive education. Research on what works is shaky, and consultants always have buzzy new ideas.
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 82 min read
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
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
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
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
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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