Joanne Jacobs
Homeschoolers are more diverse, less conservative
Many families that tried homeschooling during the pandemic are still at it. As a result, post-pandemic homeschoolers are "more racially...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Death wish: Contempt for parents will destroy public ed
Public schools are trouble. Trust is low. Enrollment is falling. Parents are embracing new alternatives. Is transgender policy the hill...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Afraid to teach: 'It's safer to avoid current events'
Polarization is chilling classroom dialogue, according to a series of interviews with teachers by the Constructive Dialogue Institute...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 14
- 2 min
Shakespeare's smut: 'Out, out, gosh-darned spot'
There's no need to edit the dirty jokes out of Shakespeare's plays to comply with Florida's new law, according to the state Education...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Focus on who gets out of poverty, not who gets into Harvard
Obsessing over who gets into elite colleges and universities is an odd preoccupation for progressives, argues Francisco Toro on...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 22
- 3 min
Malice: STEM students mock trans survey
Asked their gender, race and disability status, a surprising number of engineering and computer science students identify as military...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 17
- 3 min
If Moms for Liberty ain't happy, ain't nobody happy
The slogan "We don't co-parent with the government" has mobilized "an enormous and growing" number of Americans, writes Robert Pondiscio,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 10
- 2 min
Universities talk 'diversity,' demand conformity
Requiring would-be professors to swear allegiance to a political ideology is a free-speech violation, charges a lawsuit filed in May....
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 8
- 2 min
It's time to say, 'Whoa, Bob' on sex books in the school library
The "most banned book in the country," a graphic novel called Gender Queer, includes a page that depicts "a moment in which the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 5
- 2 min
Educate the 99%, who got no help from affirmative action
"Affirmative action," a euphemism for racial preferences, "is a misguided, discriminatory policy whose end is long overdue," writes...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Home of the brave
Most Americans are proud of our country and happy to be citizens, writes Michael Baharaeen on the Liberal Patriot. Political progressives...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Ya gotta believe in 'the other CRT' if you want to teach
"Culturally relevant teaching" has spread rapidly, but it's getting some push back, writes Michael Torres on City Journal. "Families,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 17
- 2 min
Banning book bans: It won't work
Illinois libraries that ban or restrict books for "partisan or doctrinal" reasons will lose state funding under a new law, reports Claire...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Rightward Ho: Americans are more likely to be social conservatives
Are there two sexes? Americans in 2023 are slightly more likely to say that gender is binary than they were in 2021, according to a new...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 8
- 2 min
Public is divided on public schools
Most Democrats say the public schools positive effect on the U.S. Most Republicans disagree. The partisan divide on the value of public...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Charters are outperforming traditional public schools
Charter schools are outperforming traditional public schools, according to a new study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 28
- 2 min
If Mia becomes Mike, parents want to know
If Jayden was cutting school, failing classes and getting in fights, he might not want his parents to know. But his teacher wouldn't keep...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 27
- 2 min
High school debate's decline: No arguing allowed
High school debate competitions no longer value debate, writes James Fishback, a debater turned debate coach, on The Free Press. Until...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 16
- 2 min
Americans like merit, but Democrats aren't so sure
Most Americans -- "ordinary people" rather than academics -- believe in merit, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. They want to help...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 15
- 2 min
'Book bans' sound bad, but so does graphic sex in school libraries
President Biden keeps talking about "book bans," writes Andrew Rotherham on Eduwonk. It's become "a nervous tic" for Education Secretary...
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