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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 26, 20242 min read
'Don't say gay' when you're supposed to be teaching fractions
One out of three classroom teachers are working under "gag orders" that limit their speech on gender, sexuality and critical race theory,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 25, 20242 min read
'I want the library to be there for everyody, not just people who share my voting record'
When a patron donated a book questioning "the transgender craze" to the Blue Hill Public Library, librarian Rich Boulet decided "it...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 4, 20241 min read
Prof suspended for 'anti-trans' chocolates will be back in class
A California history professor will return to teaching, nine months after he was suspended for bringing "transphobic" chocolates to a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 4, 20242 min read
College is now a 'what to think' place, not 'how to think' for yourself
"Professors here teach how to think, not "what to think," college tour guides claim. Don't believe them, writes Caitlin Flanagan in The...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20242 min read
The shelves tilt left: School libraries have no McWhorter, but lots of Kendi
For all the talk about school libraries under pressure to "ban books," the real issue is lack of balance, argues James Fishback in The...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 21, 20242 min read
A professor writes: What I really think about DEI
James Hankins, a Harvard history professor, posts an honest diversity statement addressed to "dear members of Harvard's Faceless...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 15, 20242 min read
DEI backlash
In the name of DEI -- diversity, equity and inclusion -- many colleges and universities "have violated their constitutional commitments...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 5, 20242 min read
The Great Renaming: Adios to DEI, hello to 'Belonging' bureaucrats
Is DEI dead -- or just disrupted? Texas' state colleges and universities were forced to close diversity, equity and inclusion offices...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 12, 20232 min read
You can't say that
Students don't have real discussions in his AP English class, writes 11th-grader Zach Gottlieb in the Los Angeles Times. Every one knows...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Shut up, they explained
Cancel culture -- "campaigns to get people fired, disinvited, deplatformed, or otherwise punished" for dissenting from orthodox views --...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 15, 20232 min read
'What’s the anti-racist perspective on the atomic mass of boron?'
California's 116 community colleges, open to all at very low cost, represent the best version of diversity, equity, and inclusion, ...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 14, 20232 min read
College kids turn away from free speech, tolerance for dissent
"Young Americans are turning their backs on basic American principles of free speech, tolerance and due process," writes Brad Polumbo of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 25, 20232 min read
School bans 'only 2 genders' T shirt: There's only 1 acceptable opinion
A 12-year-old boy's free-speech rights to say "there are only two genders" on a T shirt is trumped by classmates' rights to feel...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Universities talk 'diversity,' demand conformity
Requiring would-be professors to swear allegiance to a political ideology is a free-speech violation, charges a lawsuit filed in May....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 6, 20231 min read
No sex shows for kids in Texas: Why is this controversial?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill that would ban staging "sexually explicit shows in front of children," reports William...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 27, 20232 min read
High school debate's decline: No arguing allowed
High school debate competitions no longer value debate, writes James Fishback, a debater turned debate coach, on The Free Press. Until...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Was Anne Frank bisexual? Graphic novel -- with breasts! -- is out of school library
The Diary of Anne Frank remains in the Vero Beach High School library, but the Florida school has removed a retelling of the story, Anne...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 12, 20232 min read
Don't risk freedom, privacy to protect kids from social media
In their zeal to protect children from social media, Utah legislators are debating legislation that would usurp parents' rights and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 3, 20232 min read
It's only Schoolhouse Rock (but I like it)
I'm so old I don't know the words to Conjunction Junction. Schoolhouse Rock, animated musical shorts on grammar, history, civics,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 3, 20232 min read
Teach civics -- not activism
"Fixating on activism misses the point of civics education," write Frederick M. Hess, a former civics teacher now education policy...
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