Joanne JacobsMay 10, 20222 minWhat’s ‘age appropriate’ for young students?Parents and teachers want lessons to be “age appropriate,” but disagree on when children are ready for painful topics, writes Marta W....
Joanne JacobsFeb 8, 20182 minTeaching slaveryTo illustrate the horrors of slave ships, a middle-school teacher told three black students to lie on the floor and stepped on a girl’s...
Joanne JacobsJan 9, 20171 minPC bans kids’ books: Slave chefs must goIf the main character of your children’s book is a slave, watch out, warns Meghan Cox Gurdon in the Wall Street Journal. It’s hard to...