This is a translation of an article which appeared in September 2024 in Education Week. The original English version of the article also appears on this site. In English the title of the article is Federal Education Reform Has Largely Failed. Unfortunately, We Still Need It. La Reforma Educativa Federal
School reform has faded as an issue, but must be revived. History will judge us not by the number of times we stumbled but by the number of times we picked ourselves up and tried again. An article for Education Week (PDF, 1397KB).
This article is about the characteristics of podcasts and their growing use. Jack Jennings was the author of this article which was published by The Clarion, Chicago, on November 15, 2023. Read more . . .
In the days ahead, friends will convene to honor the life and deeds of Marshall Smith. Popularly known as “Mike,” he was a master in the area of education policy, leaving a lasting imprint on American school reform. Few people in the country have had a career as broad or
This link connects to the EdFix site of George Washington University, which contains podcasts on education produced and maintained by GW’s Graduate School of Education. The following is a transcript of Edfix Episode 37: Political Perspectives and Possibilities, which was an interview on September 14th, 2023, with Jack Jennings by
In a new book, Jack Jennings reviews the history of American private education and weighs its worth in today’s society. These schools provide an alternative for parents with concerns about public schools. But, proponents of private education are claiming academic success when that is due to the family backgrounds of
Many young American men of Irish descent created their job careers in three particular areas — policeman; politician; priest — the “Three Ps”. Why was that? Vignettes are given of how a typical family affected by the “Three Ps” lived in Chicago from 1940 to 1980. Download The Three Ps
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed legislation to deal with the pandemic and the Nation’s economic problems. Included in this measure are provisions meant to reduce the number of children in poverty by one-third to one-half. Un-noted in this debate has been the positive effects those provisions could have
The book, Fatigued by School Reform, has received a great review from a very prestigious publication. Choice Magazine, affiliated with the Association of College and Research Libraries, describes itself as “an authoritative source on the evaluation of scholarly resources and the publisher of trusted research.” The review from Choice follows:
Fatigued by School Reform, by Jack Jennings After a half-a-century of school reform, a majority of Americans consider the public schools as worse today than when they attended school. Those reforms missed the mark because they were not focused on the backgrounds of the students’ parents–by far the most important
