Joanne JacobsApr 142 min'Algebra for none' fails in San FranciscoThe goal was equity. The result: Meh. Frustrated by high failure rates in eighth-grade algebra, San Francisco Unified decided in 2015 to...
Joanne JacobsFeb 223 minUkrainian refugee girl flees unsafe San Francisco schoolYana and her mother fled Ukraine and found a new home with an aunt in San Francisco -- until the 13-year-old girl started Marina Middle...
Joanne JacobsJan 262 minExodus: Achievers' families are leavingAs many New York City middle schools end selective admissions, middle- and upper-middle-class parents are considering private schools or...
Joanne JacobsDec 14, 20221 minNo showsStudents just aren't showing up in many school districts, writes Steven Hayward on Powerline. Chronic absenteeism -- missing 10 percent...
Joanne JacobsOct 11, 20222 minHow to help students succeed: It's not about exam schoolsIn A Tale of Two High Schools, Renu Mukherjee, a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, looks at San Francisco's Lowell High School,...