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Jacobson, Linda – New America Foundation, 2009
This report on the state's early education system offers a dark assessment, but not a fatalistic one, especially if leaders can seize and build on reform efforts that have already started in patches throughout the state. There's much more that policymakers, advocates and the state can--and should--be doing to work toward a day when all California…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Primary Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
Jacobson, Linda – Education Week, 2004
Interest in foreign-language instruction in preschool is growing, both among parents and early-childhood educators trying to meet the demand. The interest, though, comes at a time when some districts are scaling back on such programs in the elementary grades in order to spend more time on reading and mathematics--the subjects currently tested to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Language Skills, Preschool Children, Immersion Programs
Jacobson, Linda – Education Week, 2008
When Thomas B. Lockamy became the superintendent of the Savannah-Chatham County school system in Georgia three years ago, he did not set out to go after students who were missing too much school. While his initial focus was the reliability of data being collected at district schools, those concerns soon exposed a pattern of chronic absenteeism…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Grades (Scholastic), Federal Legislation
Jacobson, Linda – Education Week, 2005
This article discusses the provider fair that delivers the free tutoring under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In Los Angeles, the provision of the federal law is opening doors for students and making demands on the school district. For low-income families in the Los Angeles Unified School District, this provider fair is their first chance…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Tutoring, School Districts, Low Income Groups