About Max Jacobs

I'm a PhD student in Education at Rutgers University.

Max Jacobs is a PhD student in Education at Rutgers University. He currently sits on the Graduate Student Council for the History of Education Society.

NBN Episodes hosted by Max:

Mirelsie Velazquez, "Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977" (U Illinois Press, 2022)

February 17, 2024

Puerto Rican Chicago

Mirelsie Velazquez
Hosted by Max Jacobs

The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and women to Chicago brought thousands of their children into city schools. These children's classroom exper…

Campbell F. Scribner, "A Is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education" (Cornell UP, 2023)

October 22, 2023

A Is for Arson

Campbell F. Scribner
Hosted by Max Jacobs

In A Is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education (Cornell UP, 2023), Campbell F. Scribner sifts through two centuries of debris to unco…

Jack Schneider and Ethan L. Hutt, "Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don't Have To)" (Harvard UP, 2023)

September 22, 2023

Off the Mark

Jack Schneider and Ethan L. Hutt
Hosted by Max Jacobs
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Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, …