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Uncredentialed teachers do as well as normally trained teachers
"Emergency" teachers hired during the pandemic seem to have been just as effective as credentialed teachers with similar experience,...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 16, 20242 min read


Training teachers in 'science of reading' improves reading
Low-performing California schools improved third-graders' reading by training teachers in how children learn to read, according to a new...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 8, 20231 min read


Schools spend $20 billion a year for equity training, but does it work?
Public schools spend billions on equity training, but have no idea what works, writes Katherine Reynolds Lewis in USA Today. "None of the...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 25, 20232 min read


Apprenticeship-to-degree model launches debt-free careers
How do you get a job at Goldman Sachs? In the U.S., it usually takes a degree from an elite college to get in the door. In Britain,...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 20, 20232 min read


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, 20232 min read


Teaching reading in high school
Memphis high schools are teaching reading skills to teenagers who didn't learn to read well in the early grades, reports Sarah Mervosh in...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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