Joanne JacobsJun 10, 20221 minStates limit ‘active shooter’ drills“Active shooter drills” terrify students, but do they make them any safer? Photo: Education Week When schools do fire drills, they don’t...
Joanne JacobsMay 5, 20222 minIs social-emotional learning a Trojan horse?While social-emotional learning sounds “positive and uncontroversial” in theory, “in practice, SEL serves as a delivery mechanism for...
Joanne JacobsJun 23, 20182 minHow to teach empathy — by screaming insults?Thousands of Bay Area teenagers have attended four-day camps that claim to teach empathy and leadership by screaming insults and enacting...
Joanne JacobsMay 14, 20181 minGlitter jars, bean bags and progressAt a Columbus, Ohio school in a high-poverty neighborhood, teachers use different strategies to help children learn to calm themselves,...