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Spoiled children
A college education isn’t intended to make people think any more, write Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendent specialist, and Jonathan Haidt,...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 5, 20182 min read
What it’s like in ‘Eighth Grade’
I have no desire to remember my eighth-grade self. If the new movie Eighth Grade captures what it’s like to be an insecure 13-year-old, I...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20181 min read


‘Work colleges’ go urban
The “work college” model — students are required to work as part of their education — is spreading to cities, reports Hechinger’s Delece...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 5, 20182 min read


Defend the status quo or go kid-centric?
Teachers’ unions should adopt a kid-centric policy in response to the Janus decision, writes Paul Reville in Ed Week. Leaders will need...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 30, 20181 min read
If life loans you a lemon, sell lemonade
Lemonade stands are teaching kids how to be entrepreneurs, reports Sarah D. Sparks for Ed Week. Jemma Walker, 11, set up a mermaid-themed...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 28, 20181 min read
‘Tastes like justice’
Brilliant marketing. #entrepreneurship #lemonadestands

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 8, 20181 min read


‘Baby, may I change your diaper?’
Deanne Carson An Aussie sex education expert says parents should ask for permission to change a child’s diaper, reports Kashmira Gander...

Joanne Jacobs
May 11, 20181 min read


Trophies are for winners
Trophies are for winners, a Maryland youth baseball league has decided. “For years, Reisterstown Baseball has given trophies to its...

Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20181 min read


Curiosity kills the (achievement) gap
A child’s curiosity may as important to learning as self-control or “grit,” writes Sarah D. Sparks in Education Week. Researchers used a...

Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20181 min read
Parents choose commercial-free kids’ TV
Fewer children are watching traditional children’s television, such as Saturday morning cartoons, writes Rob Toledo in Exstreamist. “More...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 29, 20171 min read


Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good day. #Christmas

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 24, 20171 min read


‘911, a Grinch is planning a theft’
Byram Police Officer Lauren Develle, who was compared to Cindy Lou Who when she was a child, came to TyLon Pittman’s house to assure him...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 24, 20171 min read
Naughty, nice or ‘decline to state’
#Christmas

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 23, 20171 min read


Boston starts at 7:15 am, so teens can sleep in
To give teens more time to sleep, Boston Public Schools will start high schools later and elementary and K-8 schools earlier. Most high...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20171 min read
Is Batman working hard? He is!
Dressing up as Batman, Dora the Explorer or other heroes helps four- to six-year-olds concentrate on a task and resist the distraction of...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 12, 20171 min read
Kids can take it
You’d never see this ad on American TV, says Let Grow. #Norway #play

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20171 min read


Parents don’t see value of kids’ play
Parents value structured activities over free play, according to a Gallup survey, “despite research associating unstructured, child-led...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20172 min read


Too young for a smartphone?
The average child gets his or her first smartphone at age 10, but some parents are pledging to keep their kids smartphone-free till...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 3, 20172 min read


Red shirts for all? Older is better through college
Older students do better through college, according to a new study by David Figlio, a Northwestern economist, reports John Ydstie on NPR....

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 23, 20172 min read


Keeping the proles down
The college-educated class is “making sure their children retain their privileged status,” while the children of other classes have...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 12, 20172 min read
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