Mississippi | Joanne Jacobs

Joanne Jacobs

Only 1.2% to repeat 3rd grade due to Tennessee 'reading gate'

Sixty percent of Tennessee third graders faced the prospect of repeating the grade, but only 1.2 percent failed to get past the "reading...

Joanne Jacobs

Repeating a grade can help elementary students succeed

Holding kids back if they're way behind in reading is very controversial, but new research shows that repeating a grade in elementary...

Joanne Jacobs

Mississippi rules in reading

Mississippi students used to rank dead last in learning, writes Phil Bryant, the former governor of the state, on Real Clear Education....

Joanne Jacobs

Will 65% of Tennessee 3rd-graders repeat the year? Not likely

If Tennessee's read-or- repeat law had been in place last year, 65 percent of third graders would have been at-risk of retention for...

Joanne Jacobs

Some teachers resist 'science of reading' laws

Teachers' unions are pushing back against state laws requiring early literacy instruction to be based on the "science of reading," write...

Joanne Jacobs

When 3rd-graders can't read, should they repeat the grade?

Third graders who read more than a year below grade level will be passed on to fourth grade in Michigan, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen...

Joanne Jacobs

Teaching reading should not be political

"So the anti-public school, pro-book banning crowd has latched onto the “science of reading” movement…shocked," tweets Ryan Davis...

Joanne Jacobs

Finally, schools are following the 'science of reading'

Phonics is back in classrooms and it's helping young children learn to read, writes Bella DiMarco, a FutureEd policy analyst, in the New...