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'No child has ever been inspired by despair'
The world offers "beauty, progress and opportunity," not just "hardship and injustice."

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 26, 20252 min read


'For All Mankind' celebrates courage, competence, resilience
I'm a fan of the Apple+ series For All Mankind, which imagines an alternative reality in which the Soviet Union reaches the moon first,...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 29, 20242 min read


Generation Doom: Show students a path forward
Teachers should encourage young people to believe in the future, writes Alice Dominguez on EdSurge. The Doomer Generation needs a sense...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 20, 20231 min read


Happy Thanksgiving
I remember making these in school in the 1950's. I don't think much has changed. Bion Bartning of FAIR (Foundation Against Intolerance &...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20221 min read


Blamesgiving: Public schools teach that America is 'bad and broken'
Public schools have lost touch with their mission and purpose, writes Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 23, 20222 min read
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