Joanne Jacobs
Out-of-control students, overwhelmed teachers
Student misbehavior is driving teachers crazy -- and out of teaching write Leslie Bienen, a health policy consultant, and Christina...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 4
- 2 min
What books are best for children?
Which books should kids be reading, asks Robert Pondiscio. He talked to Casey Churchill, who runs Liberty Common School, a Colorado Core...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Parents against Pride: 'Leave our kids alone'
Parents -- many of them Armenian immigrants -- protested a Pride assembly at a Los Angeles elementary school, reports Clara Harter for...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Good Book or bad book? Bible is challenged in Utah
The Bible is off the shelves at elementary and middle-school libraries in a suburban Utah district, after a parent's complaint, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 2
- 2 min
The horrors of Christian homeschooling, as told by secularists
Christian homeschoolers are Bible-thumping, child-beating isolationists who hope their numerous children will take over America,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 1
- 1 min
Finland's secret: Teachers teach
Finland has become a mecca for miracle-seeking educators, writes Sam Chaltain on Letters from the Future (of Learning). Teaching is an...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Schools pair virtual teacher with in-person 'learning coach'
The geometry teacher is in Maryland. The students are in California. A small San Jose charter school is using virtual teachers and...
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