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Mom won’t be charged for recording device
Criminal charges have been dropped against a mother who sent her child to school with a recording device to document bullying, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 4, 20171 min read
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Bullying leads to murder, suicide try
At a Bronx school where a bullied student killed a classmate, a bullied sixth grader tried to hang himself with his sweater, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 30, 20172 min read
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Tide turns on Title IX investigations
Last week, California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have “codified the Obama-era Education Department’s guidance for how...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 22, 20172 min read
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Revoke federal letter on suspensions, race
School safety is more important than racial balance in suspensions, argues Jason L. Riley in the Wall Street Journal. Education Secretary...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 14, 20172 min read
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How campus rape policy went wrong
Pressured by the federal government and beliefs about “rape culture,” colleges have tried to police their students’ sex lives. Emily...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 13, 20173 min read
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DeVos: Feds will revise sex assault policy
Federal directives on campus sexual assault by a “weaponized” Office of Civil Rights have failed students, said Education Secretary Betsy...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 7, 20172 min read
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College kids need challenge, not ‘safety’
Instead of demanding “safe spaces,” young people should be encouraged to seek challenges, writes Andrew Rotherham in U.S. News. He had a...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 24, 20171 min read
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LEGO rules
You Are Neither Old Enough — Nor Young Enough — to Enter LEGOLAND Alone, writes Lenore Skenazy on Free Range Kids. She...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 8, 20171 min read
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Don’t have fun, kids! It’s dangerous
Summer is the “time to dig in the sand, gulp from the hose, play at the park, and leap with joy … unless you’re a kid,” wrote Lenore...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 5, 20172 min read
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Officer Friendly doesn’t work here any more
Whatever happened to Officer Friendly? asks Eric Easter of Urban News Service. “I remember Officer Friendly used to come from 1st to 4th...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 30, 20172 min read
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How safe is school?
Does your child feel safe in school? asks Max Eden, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on The 74. A recent poll of...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20171 min read
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Through the metal detector to an education
“Every morning, I stand behind the metal detectors, searching bags as students enter the school,” writes Adam Stumacher, director of...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20172 min read
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Suspended for racist images, boys sue school
Four Bay Area 11th graders suspended for “liking” or commenting on a racist Instagram image have sued the school district and...

Joanne Jacobs
May 10, 20172 min read
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If charters work, do vouchers fail?
Washington, D.C. students who win the voucher lottery earn lower math scores than lottery losers, especially in elementary school,...

Joanne Jacobs
May 4, 20172 min read
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Discipline reform and disorder in New York City
Suspensions are down at New York City schools, but teachers and students report more disorder, disrespect, fighting, gang activity and...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 17, 20172 min read
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Move to learn
Kids are spending too much time sitting indoors writes Angela Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist, in the Washington Post‘s...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 14, 20172 min read
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