Joanne Jacobs
It's only Schoolhouse Rock (but I like it)
I'm so old I don't know the words to Conjunction Junction. Schoolhouse Rock, animated musical shorts on grammar, history, civics,...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 1, 2018
- 1 min
A not-so-integrated high school
America to Me, now on Starz, explores a suburban Chicago high school where black and white students “find themselves on different tracks,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 22, 2018
- 2 min
Digital readers crave excitment
She cites cognitive scientist Daniel T. Willingham, author of The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 21, 2018
- 2 min
For teens, texting crowds out books, TV
For today’s teens, “time on digital media has displaced time once spent enjoying a book or watching TV,” concludes Jean Twenge, author of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 11, 2018
- 1 min
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
- Jul 21, 2018
- 1 min
‘Lofi’ tunes help teens study
Today’s students don’t like to study in silence. A new kind of internet radio known as “lo-fi hip-hop” or “chillhop” is helping students...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 16, 2018
- 1 min
Not so smart no more
IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 15, 2018
- 1 min
The Incredibles are back
Incredibles 2 is a winner, writes Tyler O’Neil on PJ Media. The family of superheroes works together to defeat Screenslaver, who “uses...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 5, 2018
- 1 min
Tackling ‘culture’ — but not tools — of violence
The Trump administration’s school safety commission will examine the “culture of violence,” but not the role of guns, Education Secretary...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 4, 2018
- 2 min
Columbine copycats
The Columbine killers have “inspired” a wave of teen-age boys and young men to attack schools, colleges and other easy targets, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 22, 2018
- 1 min
Who Controls The Speech?
It’s de rigeur on campus today to control speech, especially that of conservative speakers. It’s odd indeed to hear that access to John...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 13, 2018
- 1 min
‘Rise’ debuts, but you’ve seen it before
Rise, NBC’s new high school drama, premieres tonight at 10 Eastern. It’s Friday Night Lights meets Glee, writes Ed Week‘s Mark Walsh. A...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 3, 2018
- 1 min
Teaching ‘Black Panther’
Black Panther, a huge box office hit, is a “hit with teachers” too, reports Brenda Iasevoli in Ed Week. Teachers are building lessons...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 24, 2018
- 1 min
Having the ‘social media talk’ with a 7-year-old
When is a child ready for social media asks Judi Ketteler in the New York Times. Her 9-year-old son is showing off his flips on...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 18, 2018
- 2 min
Can schools police social media? Should they?
A California girl was suspended from the basketball team for retweeting Snoop Dogg holding what appears to be a marijuana joint, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 1, 2018
- 2 min
1 K-12 reporter for 7.7 million people
Only two full-time K-12 education reporters cover the San Francisco Bay Area for the major newspapers, I wrote on The Grade a few weeks...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 12, 2018
- 2 min
Your baby is not Einstein
A Colorado mother shot the first video for her child in 1996. “Five years later, she sold the company to Disney for a reported $25...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 10, 2018
- 1 min
Who’s reporting education news?
Newspapers have slashed education reporting in the San Francisco Bay Area: Two K-12 reporters (who also cover kids, families and breaking...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 29, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Oct 22, 2017
- 1 min
Tots shift from TV to tablets
Young children average 48 minutes a day on mobile devices, up from five minutes in 2011, according to The Common Sense Census: Media Use...
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