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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 30, 20241 min read
Growing up is hard to do: 'Puberty hits like a wrecking ball'
Pixar's new Inside Out 2 is about dealing with puberty and growing up, writes Emma Camp on Reason. Inside Out, released in 2015, featured...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 29, 20241 min read
A Bible in every classroom
Oklahoma's public school teachers have been ordered to use the Bible in lessons on "history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 28, 20242 min read
NY will graduate critical thinkers and 'global citizens' who can't pass tests
New York plans to let students earn a high school diploma without passing Regents exams.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 27, 20243 min read
$190 billion in federal relief raised achievement -- but not very much
The federal government gave schools $190 billion in emergency funding during and after the pandemic. The extra money helped students...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 26, 20242 min read
If minority parents choose a charter, that's not 'resegregation'
Parents should be able to choose a public school that meets their children's academic needs and their family's values, writes Debbie...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 26, 20241 min read
Catholic charter school isn't OK in Oklahoma
Oklahoma's Supreme Court has rejected a proposed Catholic charter school, saying it's unconstitutional.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 25, 20242 min read
NYC mandates 'Illustrative Math'
New York City high schools are adopting the same algebra curriculum in hopes of closing "stark racial disparities" in math achievement,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 25, 20242 min read
It takes a teacher: Many students won't 'discover' science on their own
You'd think that science educators would "follow the science" about what works for students, writes Holly Korbey on The Bell Ringer. But...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Arkansas raised teacher pay, but some are unhappy
Arkansas raised teacher pay statewide -- a lot -- but some teachers aren't happy, writes Ariel Gilreath on the Hechinger Report. "Because...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 24, 20242 min read
'Teachers don't want combat pay,' they want an end to combat
Raising teacher pay won't raise student achievement or keep teachers from quitting if working conditions are bad.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 23, 20242 min read
No phones, no Moms, just kids playing in the park
Parents should band together to "say 'no' to smart phones and social," writes Laura Yuen in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. She dreams of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 22, 20242 min read
Politicizing humanities leaves grads still seeking deep, impractical learning
Colleges have politicized the humanities, leaving graduates feeling cheated of a liberal arts education.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Bible stories should be cultural literacy, not forbidden fruit
Teaching students about religion is fine in public schools, writes Natalie Wexler. "Inculcating specific religious beliefs" is not....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20241 min read
Thou shalt not establish a state religion
Louisiana's law requiring public schools and universities to post the Ten Commandments is unlikely to be deemed constitutional.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 20, 20241 min read
Teachers can ignore curriculum, push their own ideology
Even when schools adopt a well-designed, balanced curriculum, many teachers will ignore the curriculum and do their own thing, writes...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 20, 20242 min read
It's time to dump 'ethnic studies' mandates
Ethnic studies will be offered in all California high schools by the 2025-26 school year, and will be a graduation requirement by 2030,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 19, 20242 min read
Always mediocre, teacher prep is now politicized too
Future elementary teachers get a lot of training in "equity pedagogy" at the University of Florida, writes Scott Yenor in City Journal....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Who's burning Berkeley?
A self-declared "scholar activist" who campaigned for prison abolition may get firsthand experience with the prison system. Casey Goonan,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 18, 20242 min read
The rise of MEI: merit, excellence and intelligence
Will MEI -- merit, excellence and intelligence -- replace DEI?
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Bobo: Don't talk about Harvard's faults, no, no, no
A Harvard dean wants to punish professors who criticize Harvard.
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