Joanne Jacobs
Educating for adulthood
Americans have fallen out of love with college degrees, writes Jenny Anderson in Time. In 2019, Americans ranked “preparing for college”...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 6
- 2 min
What's the purpose of high school?
Teaching "self-sufficiency and competence" should be the goal of high school -- not merely college prep -- writes Selim Tlili, a biology...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Dropout rate is up: Disrupted teens gave up on school
The high school dropout rate is up, reports Julian Shen-Berro on Chalkbeat. Students who fell behind when classes went virtual feel...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Teaching reading in high school
Memphis high schools are teaching reading skills to teenagers who didn't learn to read well in the early grades, reports Sarah Mervosh in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
They earned a diploma, but they need help to succeed in jobs, college
How do you judge a high school's effectiveness? Graduation rates don't mean much: It's easy to raise the graduation rate by lowering...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
Reinvent high school, but how?
Fordham's 2022 Wonkathon is looking for ideas on how to reinvent high school: What policy barriers get in the way? If we all agree that...
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