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When a kid's BFF is a bot
Kids need to interact with human friends -- not endless supportive bots.

Joanne Jacobs
5 hours ago2 min read


Indiana teens combine high school, apprenticeship -- but programs are “infinitesimally small”
"Earn and learn" programs for high school students are very small.

Joanne Jacobs
1 day ago2 min read


Food truck lessons: What does a taco cost? How do you turn a profit?
Running a food truck teaches business skills, teamwork and cooking to fifth- and sixth-graders in Texas.

Joanne Jacobs
1 day ago1 min read


Civility and conformity
Professors teach conformity to progressive orthodoxy.

Joanne Jacobs
2 days ago2 min read


To get into elite colleges, agree to disagree (but avoid politics)
Diversity is out for college applicants. Civility is in.

Joanne Jacobs
2 days ago2 min read


Going fuzzy: NY drops exams for 'portrait of a graduate'
A fuzzy "portrait of a graduate" will replace New York's Regents exams.

Joanne Jacobs
3 days ago2 min read


If AI kills the market value of a degree, how many colleges will survive?
AI is destroying the value of a college degree -- everyone's cheating -- and taking entry-level jobs from new graduates.

Joanne Jacobs
4 days ago2 min read


You don't have to be Christian (or conservative) to love parental rights
Parental rights to control their children's upbringing apply to progressives, not just to religious parents.

Joanne Jacobs
5 days ago2 min read


Eat your spinach and do your homework: Rigor is unpopular
Everyone says they value a rigorous education -- but many don't want to do the work.

Joanne Jacobs
6 days ago3 min read


Harvard may create a center for (viewpoint) diversity and inclusion (of conservatives)
Harvard may create a center for "viewpoint diversity" as it fends off government pressure to hire conservatives.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 133 min read


Adults can turn experience to credits for a speedy degree
Giving college credits for skills learned on the job is helping adults earn degrees and colleges fill empty seats.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 123 min read


Homeschool keeps growing -- and becoming more diverse
Homeschooling has attracted a broader mix of parents.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 111 min read


States spent more, kids learned less: Will choice revive education?
Politics undercut turn-of-the-century education reforms, but new choice programs could make a difference.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 102 min read


What does it mean to be a good man? Boys need fathers -- or male mentors
Boys growing up without a father -- and there are more of them -- have few male role models.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 92 min read


Get your own soapbox
After a few DEI workshops, an elementary teacher decides to teach settler colonialism, climate change, slavery and gender norms in music class.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 82 min read


You say you want a revolution: NEA votes to call Trump a 'fascist'
The National Education Association will fight for DEI and the U.S. Education Department, and vows to use "fascist" to describe President Trump.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 82 min read


You're a genius! You're a genius! You're a genius!
Calling every student a "genius" -- even if they're not learning - - obscures failure for students and their teachers.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 72 min read


The African question: Who's what?
Did Zohran Mamdani lie when he wrote he checked the "Black/African American" box on his college applications?

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 63 min read


Lazy days of summer
Stressed, overparented teens can benefit from a lazy, unenriched summer.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 52 min read


The flag is up: America is for all of us
Raised to see patriotism as hokey, Larissa Phillips is flying a U.S. flag this year.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 43 min read
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