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Great Books are hard, and that's good
Reading the classics is hard work. It teaches students to focus, think and persevere.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 161 min read
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Teens should read great (but hard) books: 'Macbeth' is better than 'Hunger Games'
Good teachers can give students the tools to read, understand and appreciate classic books.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 24 min read
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Boring books? Will teens love reading if books are 'accessible' (easier)?
Dump the classics and assign "accessible" books that teens might enjoy reading, argues a former English teacher.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 222 min read
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A sharp right turn for Florida's New College: 'We are recapturing higher ed'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to turn the very progressive New College of Florida, the state's liberal arts honors college, into a...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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