Joanne Jacobs
Teens back free speech for unpopular views
U.S. high school students and their teachers agree that people should be allowed to express unpopular opinions, according to the Knight...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 5, 2018
- 2 min
Spoiled children
A college education isn’t intended to make people think any more, write Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendent specialist, and Jonathan Haidt,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 31, 2018
- 3 min
‘Right to read’ fight shifts to California
The right to an education doesn’t include a right to literacy — yet. However, “a judge has ruled that California can be put on trial for...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 28, 2018
- 1 min
Teaching citizens: How are we doing?
High school students observe a moment of silence outside the North Carolina Capitol in Raleigh in memory of the victims of the Florida...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 8, 2018
- 2 min
Young, passionate — but not wise
The Parkland survivors are experts on how it feels to be terrorized by a gunman. That doesn’t make them experts on what policies would...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 6, 2017
- 2 min
Eva’s in charge — and the schools are good
Charter-school networks, such as Eva Moskowitz’s high-scoring Success Academies, are creating “high-functioning school systems” that...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 20, 2017
- 2 min
Trump’s inauguration: Safe for kids?
“Every peaceful transition of power is a historic moment,” a fourth-grade teacher in Michigan told parents in an email. Brett Meteyer...
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