Joanne JacobsMar 10, 20182 minYouth football takes more hitsCalifornia, Illinois and New York legislators are considering banning children from playing tackle football because of the risks of brain...
Joanne JacobsMar 10, 20181 min‘Surfing USA’ gets a belated ‘A’“Surfin’ USA,” a huge hit for the Beach Boys’ in 1963, earned Brian Wilson an “F” in his high school music class. When the 75-year-old...
Joanne JacobsMar 8, 20182 minYoung, passionate — but not wiseThe 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 JacobsMar 8, 20181 minParents seek right to know about bullyingJacobe Taras went on a family vacation shortly before he killed himself. Photo: Richard Taras Schools should be required to tell parents...
Joanne JacobsMar 7, 20182 minDiscipline reform: Did it go too far?Discipline reform may have contributed to the violence at Douglas High School, writes Erika Sanzi, who blogs on Good School Hunting, on...
Joanne JacobsMar 7, 20181 minReaching out to every childTeachers chart their relationships with students at a high-poverty North Carolina school, reports Lisa Philip on WUNC. Pattillo Middle...