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'Public schools don't belong to the teachers'
To restore trust in public education, teachers should be politically neutral in the classroom.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 161 min read
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Public schools must be neutral on politics (and religion)
Public schools must work to regain public trust by focusing on academics, not politics.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 282 min read
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82% of teachers say K-12 ed is getting worse
Eighty-two percent of teachers say public education has gotten worse in the last five years, according to a Pew survey. Fifty-three...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Death wish: Contempt for parents will destroy public ed
Public schools are trouble. Trust is low. Enrollment is falling. Parents are embracing new alternatives. Is transgender policy the hill...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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Choice and common culture
We need to find a way to have school choice and to teach our "shared inheritance" as Americans, writes Fordham's Checker Finn. He worries...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 18, 20231 min read
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