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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 223 min read
Is ethnic studies kaput in California?
Mandatory ethnic studies classes are under fire in California.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 222 min read
How 'woke' are schools?
U.S. students are exposed to anti-racist messages, but most say their teachers welcome diverse viewpoints.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 182 min read
Can you read cursive? There's (unpaid) work for 'citizen archivists' who can read old documents
The National Archives are looking for cursive-reading volunteers to transcribe and catalog historical documents.
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Western Civ is hot: Parents are choosing classical-ed schools
Classical schools teaching Great Books and Western civ are very popular with parents.
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20242 min read
Who was the Good Samaritan? Let there be Bible stories in Texas schools
Texas' board of education has narrowly approved a new K-5 curriculum that includes Bible stories , reports Shaun Rabb for Fox News....
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 28, 20241 min read
The first Thanksgiving for newcomers
Fifth-graders who remember when they first came to the U.S. serve Thanksgiving food to newcomers at a Michigan school.
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 27, 20241 min read
Thankful to be Americans
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for our legacy as Americans , writes Rick Hess, being very Old School. As a former social studies...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 17, 20242 min read
Oklahoma school leaders pray for state superintendent to shut up and leave them alone
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters was once a high school history teacher, but seems to have forgotten about the First Amendment's rule...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 15, 20242 min read
De-woke schooling: Send the DEI trainers on a one-way 'privilege walk'
Pennsylvania educators will not have to affirm their belief in microaggressions, implicit bias or the illegitimacy of "economic,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Identity politics lost: It's time for the great rethink in education
"Your ancestors weren't villains," the meme declares. "Don't apologize for them to people who hate you." Conor Friedersdorf points out...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 3, 20241 min read
Teens say: America, meh
Young Americans are less patriotic than older generations.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 31, 20243 min read
Politics in the classroom: Can teachers teach the election without bias?
Should teachers teach about the election?
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 24, 20242 min read
U.S. history teachers prefer DIY curriculum to textbooks
U.S. history teachers are using "digital sources and primary documents" rather than textbooks , according to a report by the American...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 24, 20241 min read
To form a more perfect union, teach students to respect the Constitution
At Vertex Partnership Academies , a charter high school in the Bronx, students recite the Preamble to the Constitution every day, writes...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 24, 20243 min read
Is free speech just for nice speech? Students (and adults) need to know civics
Tim Walz, a former social studies teacher who hopes to be vice president, said, “There’s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Bible stories shouldn't be 'forbidden fruit'
Students won't understand what they read if they're not familiar with the Bible, mythology, history and literature.
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Silicon Valley parents push back on ethnic studies
Parents want to know what will be taught in soon-to-be-mandatory ethnic studies class.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 4, 20242 min read
Proud to be Americans
When Bruno Manno was growing up in the '50s and '50s, his family would gather at his grandparents' Italian tavern, to eat, drink and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 29, 20241 min read
A Bible in every classroom
Oklahoma's public school teachers have been ordered to use the Bible in lessons on "history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Bible stories should be cultural literacy, not forbidden fruit
Teaching students about religion is fine in public schools, writes Natalie Wexler. "Inculcating specific religious beliefs" is not....
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