Joanne Jacobs
Science says: Masking didn't help stop Covid spread
The value of masking during the pandemic was "approximately zero," according to a Cochrane review of high-quality research, reports John...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 17
- 2 min
There's no such thing as accurate school lunch data
School lunch data was an inaccurate measure of student poverty, even before the shift to universal eligibility, write Ishtiaque Fazlul,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Unvaccinated NYC teachers reported to FBI: Is this true?
New York City teachers were reported to the FBI for refusing to be vaccinated, charges a lawyer for teachers who were fired due to the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 4
- 2 min
Obese kids: Are drugs, surgery the answer?
Nearly 20 percent of U.S. children and teenagers were obese by the start of the pandemic, a rate that's quadrupled since the 1960's....
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Move it and lose the blues
Exercise and sports -- at least one hour three times a week -- are a natural anti-depressant for teenagers, according to an analysis of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Fighting fears
Zidaan Kapoor, a math-loving 15-year-old, coped with his anxiety about severe food allergies by creating a "fight fears" app for other...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
Remasking kids in cold season
Forcing children to wear masks in school is pointless and cruel, argues Zachary Faria in the Washington Examiner. "Public school...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
Topless teens
More transgender and gender-neutral teenagers are having "top surgery" -- double mastectomies -- to make their bodies conform with their...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 11, 2022
- 2 min
Fear not
Every night when I put my daughter to bed, I would say, "There are no wolves or bears in Palo Alto. They live a long way away." How old...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 20, 2022
- 1 min
School meals are free in California, Maine, Vermont
TANSTAAFL -- "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" -- still applies, if you remember the taxpayers, but schools in some states will...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
To keep kids healthy, keep them in class learning
School closures were a mistake, writes Joseph G. Allen, an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard's...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
Feds: No free lunch without LGBTQI+ conformity
School cafeterias are not segregated by gender or sexuality in any state in the union. School sports teams, restrooms and locker rooms,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 23, 2022
- 1 min
Students lose interest in sports
Photo: Aspen Institute Project Play Sofia Velasquez, 15, enjoys playing soccer for her Chicago high school, but games keep getting...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 28, 2019
- 1 min
For Every 100 Girls/Women….
The table above is based on some of the items in the list “For every 100 girls….” that I featured last April on CD here. The list was...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 30, 2018
- 1 min
Screen-time limits linked to cognitive skills
Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day boosts their brainpower, concludes a new study, reports Hamza Shaban...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 24, 2018
- 2 min
None dare call it ‘yoga’
More schools are teaching yoga in hopes of promoting mindfulness and relieving stress, writes Alia Wong in The Atlantic. However, yoga is...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 28, 2018
- 2 min
Learning to hate exercise in P.E. class
I walk every day, do weight training two to three days a week and go to a weekly Zumba class. In the summer, I swim every day. If my...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 6, 2018
- 1 min
Counselors are the first to be cut
Colorado is investing in school counselors to improve success rates for low-income students reports Hechinger’s Sarah Gonser. As of 2016,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 20, 2018
- 2 min
Mental illness in school: What can teachers do?
A high school teacher might see eight to 30 students a day with serious mental health issues such as bipolar disorder, depression and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 10, 2018
- 2 min
Youth football takes more hits
California, Illinois and New York legislators are considering banning children from playing tackle football because of the risks of brain...
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