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'Students spout opinions based on personal experience,' because reading is 'stressful'
It will be hard for young Americans to save democracy if they don't know much about civics or history. Many have opinions, but few facts.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 204 min read


Won't read, can't think
We "think and read less, and see and feel more."

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20252 min read


'You rebel against a world that tells you mediocrity is good enough'
"Freedom and excellence run on inequality," said President Carlos Carvalho in a convocation to mark the start of University of Austin's second year.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 2, 20252 min read


Test reading and civics at the same time
Only 6 percent of eighth-graders can read Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech and identify two ideas from the Constitution or...

Joanne Jacobs
May 23, 20231 min read


Texas limits 'action civics'
Civic activism can't be required in Texas public schools if it requires communicating with federal, state or local officials, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
May 6, 20232 min read
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