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Joanne Jacobs
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Joanne Jacobs's personal blog at joannejacobs.com covers politics. Since 2010, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Joanne Jacobs' posts on US school policy, such as San Francisco's proposal to remove 8th-grade algebra and the treatment of gifted students. Commenters cite them as support.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Joanne Jacobs blogs on K-12 and college education, parenting and family issues. How can we improve teaching and learning, expand school choice and help children grow up to be good citizens and productive adults?
Most-linked posts?
- 'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-04-16
What Hacker News says?
Forget catering to "gifted students". San Francisco's school district (SFUSD) wanted to take algebra out of 8th grade, simply because poor kids and POCs were failing it at disproportionate levels. Here's a relevant article: https://www.joannejacobs.com/post/algebra-for-none-fails-in-... So the solution to bad grades in some communities was to take away the opportunity for ALL communities. Thankfully, a vocal group o…
Comment linking /post/algebra-for-none-fails-in-san-francisco
on “California's most neglected group of students: the gifted ones”Submitted Ford can't find mechanics for $120K: It takes math to learn a trade as a story · 52 points
HN discussionI'm pretty sure I read of it on a web site lunk to from here, but I don't have a record of it. I have seen it reported from at least two different people who tried it, but don't have a record of where I read it. Sorry. EDIT: I've found one reference to a teacher who's trying it but has some kids who don't watch the videos: http://www.msteacher2.org/forum/topics/flipping-the-math-cla... Here's another in the comment…
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on “Vi Hart: Every school should replace calculus with recreational math”Submitted As attention spans get shorter, so does the SAT – and soon the ACT as a story · 7 points
HN discussionIt wasn't just a failed pilot: It was a pilot which prevented advanced students from taking algebra. Lines up with Harrison Bergeron perfectly. And on top of it they claimed it was a success as failure rates went down. The failure rate went down because nobody was being tested. https://www.joannejacobs.com/post/algebra-for-none-fails-in-... > The district had bragged that algebra failure rates had dropped. Families…
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on “French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to tell police the passcodes”Submitted Don't 'meet them where they are' and leave them there as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does college make you smarter? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Teachers matter in twin study as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Algebra for None as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Goodbye to Joe College as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Having the ‘social media talk’ with a 7-year-old as a story · 1 points
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