Joanne Jacobs
Homework load keeps getting lighter as grades go higher
Forty-four percent of 13-year-olds (eighth grade) did no homework in 2022, writes Tom Loveless. The numbers are very similar for...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 26
- 2 min
4-day school weeks are spreading, but students learn less
More schools -- and not just in rural areas -- are adopting four-day weeks, reports AP's Heather Hollingsworth. Districts hope the change...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Back to 'normal' isn't enough: The Covid generation is at risk
It's time to bring back bipartisan education reform writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. He's promoting A Generation at Risk, a "call to...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Students aren't bouncing back in math
Math skills fell during "remote education" and many students aren't bouncing back, reports an education reporting collaborative in a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 28
- 2 min
More students are in 'big, big trouble' in reading, math, and they're not catching up
Students are learning again, but most are not catching up for learning lost during the pandemic, conclude three new reports comparing...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Cover-up in California: State botched remote learning, tried to silence critics
After Oakland schools closed in March, 2020, eight-year-old Cayla J. had two remote classes. Then, according to her mother, the teacher...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 7
- 2 min
'We took care of our kids' -- but they lost a year in reading, math
Juab School District in Utah focused on supporting students emotionally when schools reopened in fall of 2020. “We took care of our...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Doing more of what wasn't working won't help kids catch up
"If we really want to narrow gaps and make up for pandemic-related learning loss, we need to change what and how we teach -- especially...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Education's 'long Covid' -- students aren't catching up
Don't call it "learning loss," they said. It's just "unfinished learning." Kids will catch up quickly. They'll be fine. First through...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 6
- 2 min
U.S. kids spend lots of time in school, but much of it is wasted
Rethink summer vacation, writes Rick Hess in an Education Week column. That doesn't mean extend the school year. The much-discussed...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
There are three terrifying things about the long-term federal test data on 13-year-olds' achievement, writes Vladimir Kogan, an Ohio...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Summer school is open, but will students who need it most show up?
This will be the last year of Covid-funded summer school before the pandemic relief money runs out, writes Jo Napolitano on The 74. Some...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 23
- 2 min
How will kids catch up? Richmond struggles to add learning time
It will take time to make up for pandemic learning loss, Richmond Superintendent Jason Kamras believes. But his proposal to add...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Less schooling, less learning
“The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less They Learned,” concludes Harry Anthony Patrinos, an education economist for the World...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 30
- 2 min
Chicago invests in small-group tutors, while LA shifts to classroom teachers
Chicago Public Schools are relying on "academic interventionists" to help students catch up in reading and math, reports Mila Koumpilova...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 18
- 2 min
My students are 'broken kids I cannot fix'
Teachers on Reddit are sharing horror stories of their students' emotional, social and academic melt downs, screen addictions and apathy....
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 25
- 2 min
'Covid kids' won't catch up by the end of 12th grade, unless . . .
It's a "terrible truth," writes Margaret Raymond on The 74. "Most of the programs school districts have implemented to address COVID...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 17
- 1 min
Is your honor-roll student at grade level? Maybe not
“87% of Sacramento County parents think their kids do math at grade level,” reads one billboard. “28% of kids actually do." The goal of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Grades and grad rates rise, and that's not good news
Grades are up! Graduation rates are rising! But that's not good news. Test scores are down, across the country, writes Hechinger's Jill...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Many students need tutoring, but few are getting it
Intensive tutoring is the best way to help students who suffered learning setbacks during the pandemic, but school districts are...
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