Joanne Jacobs
Make peace, not culture war
"Liberal Patriot" Ruy Teixeira advises Democrats to stop fighting culture wars and make peace with middle-ground voters. For example,...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 1
- 1 min
'Diversity statements' are out in North Carolina, Texas ...
Would-be professors will not be asked to pledge allegiance to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to be considered for a job at the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 20
- 2 min
AP African American Studies: None dare call it 'systemic'
The new Advanced Placement African American studies course was revised after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called it anti-racist...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 2
- 2 min
AP African American Studies purges critical race, queer theorists
Critical race theory, queer theory and black feminist literature are out of the core curriculum in the revised version of College Board's...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 29
- 2 min
The sound of stupid
The Sound of Music is not the Nazi-glorifying Triumph of the Will, nor is it the Nazi-spoofing Springtime for Hitler. But it does have...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 22
- 1 min
School board member tweets: 'Whiteness is so evil'
Tweeting "whiteness is so evil" has proven controversial for Kesha Hamilton, who's on the Jackson (Michigan) school board, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 16
- 1 min
'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'
"We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom," Martin Luther King Jr....
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 13
- 2 min
Sneetches are racist! No, they're anti-racist! Or maybe ...
Dr. Seuss's Sneetches learn that outward differences don't matter. There's no need to pay to get a star added or removed from their...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 8
- 1 min
A sharp right turn for Florida's New College: 'We are recapturing higher ed'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to turn the very progressive New College of Florida, the state's liberal arts honors college, into a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 3
- 3 min
NAACP pushes for literacy reform: Teach our kids to read
Black leaders have transformed reading instruction in northern Virginia, reports Sarah Carr in the Washington Post. The Fairfax County...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Minnesota's bonus for non-white teachers nets 6 teachers
Teachers of color who relocate to Minnesota can earn bonuses under a new state program: $2,500 when hired, another $2,500 for staying in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 9, 2022
- 1 min
'Be all you can be' works for black soldiers
Enlisting in the Army raises earnings for blacks, writes Jeff Murray, citing a new study. Army Service in the All-Volunteer Era by West...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
Most want more focus on academics, less on gender, sex
The red wave turned out to be a purple haze. Moderates outperformed extremists. Democracy did not end. Trumpery lost its luster. An...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Is SEL a 'Trojan horse' for identity politics?
Social-emotional learning (SEL) can mean the sort of things teachers have taught for generations: Count to ten to calm down, take turns,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
No critical race theory? No student teachers
A California ed school won’t send student teachers to a nearby school district that has banned critical race theory, reports Jill...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
'Critical race theory' means ... um ...
Should schools teach critical race theory (CRT)? Fifty-one percent of Americans have never heard of it or know nothing about it,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 17, 2022
- 2 min
Teaching controversial issues is OK for teens, but not younger students
Most Americans want schools to teach older students about controversial issues, according to USC's Understanding America Survey, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
Rebuild trust or say 'good-bye' to students
Public schools must rebuild trust with parents -- or continue to lose students to homeschooling, private schools, microschools and other...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
What does 'we' mean?
Jay Wamsted, who is White, teaches math in an Atlanta middle school where most students are Black. Last year, before Georgia passed a law...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
'The child is not the creature of the state'
Parents aren't perfect. Some are very imperfect indeed. But they have the right to "direct the upbringing and education" of their...
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