Joanne Jacobs

8th-graders don't know much science -- and they don't care

'Stark decline' in reading, math: 1/3 of 12th-graders are ready for college

Civics teachers 'don't know what they can and can't say'

Know-nothings: It's hard to think in a vacuum

Teaching a toddler to read

YouTube vs. 'Goblet of Fire'

Oklahoma's teacher test: How do we tell a boy from a girl?

'The learning comes from wrestling'

Effort matters: Kids have to do the work

'You rebel against a world that tells you mediocrity is good enough'

The first day of school: Don't worry, be happy

Dogs -- and decorators -- in the dorm

AFT tells teachers: Don't report child neglect -- or chronic absentees

NOLA's post-Katrina reforms are working

Is Common Core math the problem?

Tutoring helps, but a little bit isn't enough to make a difference

The great divide: Set up 'productive struggle' or teach math step by step?

The new math has more on 'social justice,' less math

Unsafe spaces: Throw rocks at the teacher, get 'Tiger tokens'

Married with kids is making a (modest) comeback

AI will write your kid's suicide note

Teaching 'Mockingbird' on the education frontier

13% give public schools an A/B grade

Teachers are skeptical of 'equitable' grading: 'Students sink to lower expectations'

Boys need men

School safety is top reason parents use choice to leave public schools

Chatbots can get 'romantic and sensual' with kids, say Meta guidelines

Kids want to play in the real world, but parents think they're safer online

How to raise reading scores: 'We taught the research-based stuff and cut the fluff'

College conformists: 88% of students say they fake progressive views to get along

Illinois doubles down on schools as mental-health clinics