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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 22, 20232 min read
Conservative teachers are quiet
Teachers who are on the political right "speak in whispers behind closed doors," says Daniel Buck in an interview with Rick Hess....
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 20, 20231 min read
Anti-merit push is alienating Asian voters
Democrats are losing Asian-American voters, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. Asians, like Hispanics, are not radicals, he writes....
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 16, 20232 min read
There is no culture war in education's 'ideological heartland'
Most Americans are realists, not cultural warriors, when it comes to education, writes Bruno V. Manno on Smerconish.com. Two-thirds of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Sneering at parents isn't a great political strategy
"Seething contempt for the idea that parents should get a say in their children's education is really not a great political strategy,"...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 4, 20232 min read
Young, liberal and depressed: Doomers are not OK
Liberals are the most depressed among the growing number of sad teenagers, writes Matthew Yglesias on Slow Boring. Teenage girls are...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 1, 20231 min read
'Diversity statements' are out in North Carolina, Texas ...
Would-be professors will not be asked to pledge allegiance to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to be considered for a job at the...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 20, 20232 min read
DeSantis vs. College Board
Florida schools will not stop offering Advanced Placement classes, whatever Gov. Ron DeSantis suggests. With other rigorous options, such...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 20, 20232 min read
AP African American Studies: None dare call it 'systemic'
The new Advanced Placement African American studies course was revised after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called it anti-racist...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Classroom libraries aren't a crime in Florida
The "great Florida classroom library freak-out of 2023" is based on faulty reporting, confusing directives from local school officials...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 24, 20232 min read
ESAs expand in red and purple states, states, and blue-staters are interested too
"Capitalizing on parent’s frustration with public schools during the pandemic," Republican governors are pushing for education savings...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 8, 20231 min read
A sharp right turn for Florida's New College: 'We are recapturing higher ed'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to turn the very progressive New College of Florida, the state's liberal arts honors college, into a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 13, 20222 min read
We're not that far apart on how to teach our history
The "history wars" are a fight between "imaginary enemies" concludes More in Common, after surveying Americans. "Both Democrats and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 9, 20221 min read
School choice is a winner
School choice advocates did well in the midterms, writes Mike McShane, national research director of EdChoice, in Forbes. Governors Ron...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20221 min read
No critical race theory? No student teachers
A California ed school won’t send student teachers to a nearby school district that has banned critical race theory, reports Jill...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20221 min read
'Critical race theory' means ... um ...
Should schools teach critical race theory (CRT)? Fifty-one percent of Americans have never heard of it or know nothing about it,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 21, 20222 min read
'Red wave' includes frustrated parents
Education is an "iceberg" that will sink Democrats' chances in the midterms, argues Hugh Hewitt in a Washington Post commentary....
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Diversity is skin deep at Harvard
Stanford discriminated against Jewish applicants in the early 1950's, admitted President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who issued an apology last...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20222 min read
School choice withstands challenge in Arizona
A campaign to repeal Arizona's expansion of school choice apparently has failed to gather enough signatures to go on the ballot. Arizona...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Rebuild trust or say 'good-bye' to students
Public schools must rebuild trust with parents -- or continue to lose students to homeschooling, private schools, microschools and other...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Conservatives focus on school board races
California Republicans are focusing on running candidates for school board seats, reports Sameea Kamal in CalMatters. The GOP's “Parent...
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