Joanne Jacobs
'Anti-adoption drumbeat' leaves kids in foster care
Naomi Schaefer Riley hears an "anti-adoption drumbeat" from the media. "In the wake of the Dobbs decision, the Left wants to make sure...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Kids stream more, read less
The rise in screen time -- not just school closures -- is a factor in the decline in achievement, suggests Tim Daly, who runs the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 8, 2022
- 2 min
Raising not-so-American kids
College-educated parents want their children taught in Japanese, Mandarin, French and Spanish, writes Abigail Shrier on Substack. They...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
Once they can decode, the next step is knowledge
The mainstream media has declared a victor in the "reading wars," writes Robert Pondiscio. Both TIME and The New Yorker had stories last...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 11, 2022
- 2 min
Fear not
Every night when I put my daughter to bed, I would say, "There are no wolves or bears in Palo Alto. They live a long way away." How old...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 4, 2022
- 2 min
It's college, not kindergarten
Of the three million students who will start college this fall, one million won't make it through the first year on campus or won't...
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