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Teach students how to argue
Young Americans should learn to argue without sneering, bullying or "straw-manning."

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 92 min read


'Portrait of a Graduate' is lite on academics: They can't read, but they have 'global empathy'
The "Portrait of a Graduate" fad is likely to be "so vague and insipid that they create a permission structure for schools to prioritize most everything except academics and to excuse themselves when they fail at their responsibility to teach even basic literacy and numeracy,"

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 212 min read


They, the jury: It's a crime, but not a hate crime
A jury convicted a man of hitting a boy, but not of a hate crime, despite the use of a homophobic slur.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 25, 20254 min read


Is free speech just for nice speech? Students (and adults) need to know civics
Tim Walz, a former social studies teacher who hopes to be vice president, said, “There’s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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