Joanne JacobsApr 17, 20231 minIs 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 JacobsApr 3, 20232 minGrades and grad rates rise, and that's not good newsGrades are up! Graduation rates are rising! But that's not good news. Test scores are down, across the country, writes Hechinger's Jill...
Joanne JacobsMar 20, 20232 minMany students need tutoring, but few are getting itIntensive tutoring is the best way to help students who suffered learning setbacks during the pandemic, but school districts are...
Joanne JacobsMar 6, 20232 minHappy talk isn't helpful: Tell parents the truth about their kids' learningKeri Rodrigues, co-founder and president of the National Parents Union, complained on Twitter about the special-education team "who...