Joanne JacobsOct 25, 20232 min'A' is for 'awesome,' 'awful' and 'average' "The most popular high school grade in America" is "A," writes Tim Donahue, who teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day...
Joanne JacobsOct 17, 20231 minYou can't give 'Hop on Pop' to a 7th-graderMiddle schoolers who read at the first, second and third-grade level won't read "baby books" and can't read grade-level books, says...
Joanne JacobsOct 11, 20232 minBoth sides: Schools try to create a 'safe space' to 'process' attack on IsraelI feel for teachers who feel obliged to discuss Hamas' terror attack on Israel with their students. How do you talk about terrorists...
Joanne JacobsOct 9, 20232 minRosalinda wants to be an astronaut, but she doesn't read very wellMassachusetts, which claims to have the best public schools in the nation, is "failing its neediest learners," write Mandy McLaren and...