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You don't have to be Christian (or conservative) to love parental rights
Parental rights to control their children's upbringing apply to progressives, not just to religious parents.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 152 min read
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Most Americans favor school prayer
As Texas requires public schools to post the Ten Commandments, 57% of Americans support teacher-led prayer in schools; half favor Christian prayers.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 272 min read
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Brits do it. Dutch do it. Even down in Oz they do it. Why can't US have public funding for private schools?
Starting this fall, Minnesota public schools will be required to teach third-graders to use non-binary gender pronouns in their writing ,...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 32 min read
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Why are Dept of Defense schools so good?
The highest-scoring school district in the country isn't a school district, reports Sarah Mervosh in the New York Times. The "Defense...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Homeschoolers are more diverse, less conservative
Many families that tried homeschooling during the pandemic are still at it. As a result, post-pandemic homeschoolers are "more racially...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 27, 20232 min read
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Beyond basics: Schools must teach 'virtues and habits' of free people
"Back to basics" education isn't enough, writes Gillian Richards on The American Conservative. "Some conservatives have responded to...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 12, 20232 min read
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The culture war matters
The "culture war"matters for public education, writes Daniel Buck. It's not a distraction, not as the National Education Association...

Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20231 min read
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