Joanne Jacobs
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...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 19
- 2 min
If we want to pay (some) teachers more ...
The teacher pay debate tends to be simplistic and unserious, writes Andrew Rotherham on Eduwonk. He calls out a tweet by Education...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 19
- 2 min
When teachers don't get no respect, schools don't get new teachers
Fewer young people want to be teachers, writes Jessica Grose in the New York Times. The new teacher pipeline is running dry. She cites a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Why I won't hire a tutor for my daughter
Alina Adams' daughter didn't learn any Spanish in ninth-grade Spanish 1. Her New York City school couldn't find a permanent teacher, so...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 13
- 1 min
Teacher hiring spree is over
Teacher hiring is about to fall off that fiscal cliff districts were warned about, write Katherine Silberstein and Marguerite Roza of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Schools pair virtual teacher with in-person 'learning coach'
The geometry teacher is in Maryland. The students are in California. A small San Jose charter school is using virtual teachers and...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 1
- 1 min
California teachers seek 50% pay raise
Raising teacher and staff pay by 50 percent over seven years is "a big and bold idea," says the president of the California Federation of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Teachers are quitting because of classroom chaos
Soft discipline policies make teachers' jobs much harder, writes Daniel Buck, who's taught in a variety of schools. A friend quit after...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Teach for America is shrinking
Teach for America is shrinking, write Ben Backes and Michael Hansen on Chalkboard. The nonprofit recruits college graduates for two-year...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 1
- 2 min
'American Teacher Act' would set $60K base pay for teachers
Teacher pay should start at a minimum of $60,000 a year, said advocates of the American Teacher Act at the U.S. Capitol last week,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Who will make the best teacher? An ex-Marine or a Middlebury grad?
Military veterans with 60 college credits can qualify for a five-year temporary teaching certificate in Florida, under a new law...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Unhappy teachers
Teachers feel underappreciated and under attack, concludes a new paper by Brown and University of Albany researchers, reports Caitlynn...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 6, 2022
- 1 min
How to get more new teachers
Fewer people are training to be teachers, writes Chad Aldeman, policy director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, in Education Next. "There...
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