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Halloween cowgirls (but no Indians), Harry Potter and Holocaust victims
Colleges are letting students pick their own Halloween costumes this year.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 31, 20252 min read


NEA trains teachers in activism, self-care and 'the future of trans'
The NEA's online courses favor progressive fads over teaching.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 30, 20251 min read


While teachers worry about discipline, ed researchers focus on 'equity'
As teachers try to get students to "sit down, focus and learn," researchers priorities are equity, justice and identity.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 30, 20252 min read


Teach children that America is a good country, say teachers
Most teachers think it's "very" or "extremely important" to teach America's virtues and instill patriotism.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 29, 20252 min read


A radical idea to improve schools: Do what works
Doing what works -- and avoiding fads and ideology -- would improve learning dramatically.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 28, 20252 min read


'Patriotic' education isn't just flag-waving
We need rigorous history teaching -- not a switch from left-wing to right-wing takes on America.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 27, 20252 min read


Rebels turn right: Questioning leftist ideas is 'dangerous, alluring'
Rebelling against left-wing conformity, college students are moving to conservative spaces where debate and disagreement is welcome.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 26, 20252 min read


University of Florida tops new college rankings
City Journal's new college rankings list University of Florida as best in the nation for inquiry and student success.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 26, 20252 min read


What I learned in traffic school
The essence of traffic school: Don't drive while drunk, drugged, angry or stupid.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 25, 20252 min read


Is this the last dance? LA's anti-charter board votes to close popular school
The Los Angeles school board is trying to close a successful, dance-enriched charter to free space for a low-performing district school with declining enrollment.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20252 min read


Students learn more, fight less after smartphone bans
Bell-to-bell smartphone bans led to slightly higher test scores and attendance, says a new study.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 23, 20252 min read


Kids don't know enough to 'do history' like historians
Students don't know enough history to "do history" like historians. They have to learn what happened before they analyze it.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 22, 20251 min read


Best-selling bunk: We want to believe the easy answer
The idea of a student being "Nature Intelligent" is so much more palatable than "Unable to Do Trigonometry Intelligent."

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 22, 20252 min read


Keeping smart kids down
Achievers need challenging academics -- not just "enrichment" activities.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 21, 20252 min read


20% of high school graduates are 'barely literate'
Twenty percent of high school graduates have trouble reading anything more complex than a restaurant menu.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 20, 20252 min read


After the patriarchy: The HR lady is in charge now
Is women's growing power the cause of wokeness?

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 18, 20252 min read


Teaching inside the bubble: Students hear one side of controversial issues
Teaching one side of controversial issues has become the academic norm. Some professors reject viewpoint diversity.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20253 min read


'Public schools don't belong to the teachers'
To restore trust in public education, teachers should be politically neutral in the classroom.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 16, 20251 min read


Taking ideology out of teacher prep: Is testing teachers the answer?
Politicized teacher preparation is a real problem , writes Rick Hess. "I can still recall those long-ago days of 2023 when progressives insisted that training aspiring teachers to spot 'white supremacy culture' wasn’t political — that it was just sensible pedagogy." Sidney Poitier played an inner-city London teacher in To Sir With Love . However, the solution proposed by Oklahoma’s then-superintendent Ryan Walters -- a new anti-woke test for would-be teachers from New York a

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 16, 20252 min read


'Meet students where they are' -- and then what?
Teachers and professors are told to "meet students where they are," but not how to get them where they need to be.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 15, 20252 min read
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