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Most want more focus on academics, less on gender, sex
The red wave turned out to be a purple haze. Moderates outperformed extremists. Democracy did not end. Trumpery lost its luster. An...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 10, 20222 min read
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Pandemic amnesty: Is it time?
My resolution for 2021, renewed for 2022, was to be kind and calm. There is enough nastiness and enough hysteria out there without me...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 5, 20222 min read
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Alabama (!) leads nation in minimizing learning loss
Alabama led the nation in maintaining math and reading achievement during the pandemic, reports Trisha Powell Crain of AL.com. That is,...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 31, 20221 min read
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'Shades of badness' in math, reading scores
The longer urban schools stayed closed the worse their fourth-graders are doing in math, concludes an analysis of National Assessment of...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 31, 20223 min read
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Teacher: Students can cut class, skip assignments and pass
Giving students a minimum of 50 percent on assignments -- regardless of whether they're turned in -- was a disaster, a former D.C. public...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 26, 20222 min read
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Nation's Report Card shows 'appalling' fall in math, reading
Fourth- and eighth-graders' math and reading proficiency fell across the country after two years of disruption, reports the National...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 25, 20223 min read
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College enrollment just keeps falling
College enrollment continues to fall, according to a report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The number of...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 22, 20221 min read
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'Red wave' includes frustrated parents
Education is an "iceberg" that will sink Democrats' chances in the midterms, argues Hugh Hewitt in a Washington Post commentary....

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 21, 20222 min read
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