Joanne Jacobs
Teens back free speech for unpopular views
U.S. high school students and their teachers agree that people should be allowed to express unpopular opinions, according to the Knight...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 12, 20181 min read
What should every American know?
What should every American know? Aspen’s Citizenship and American Identity program is asking. The video features four immigrants talking...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 3, 20181 min read
1/3 can pass U.S. citizenship test
When was the U.S. Constitution ratified? Which countries did the U.S. fight in World War II? Asked multiple-choice questions from...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 2, 20181 min read
Return of the hero
“We live in an era where we knock down old American heroes for all their imperfections, when no leader wants to admit to fault or...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 28, 20181 min read
Teaching citizens: How are we doing?
High school students observe a moment of silence outside the North Carolina Capitol in Raleigh in memory of the victims of the Florida...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 5, 20182 min read
From anger to activism: Is this civics education?
A month after the Parkland, Florida massacre, students across the country plan to walk out of class for 17 minutes on March 14 to honor...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 6, 20181 min read
Facts — not thinking skills — fight ‘truth decay’
“Critical thinking” is all the rage in schools, counters writes Chester E. Finn, Jr. in Education Next. “As construed and applied” in our...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 1, 20182 min read
The new college try
The “Ivy sisters,” who came from Cameroon to the Bronx, will be attending Dartmouth, Yale and Harvard in the fall, reports NBC. A video...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 21, 20171 min read
Pledge of Allegiance is controversial
When a New York City school began inviting students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, it “sparked tensions,” reports DNAinfo New York....
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 25, 20172 min read
‘New Civics’ or left-wing activism?
What colleges call “the New Civics” is really “progressive political activism,” charges a National Association of Scholars report, Making...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 19, 20172 min read
Trump’s inauguration: Safe for kids?
“Every peaceful transition of power is a historic moment,” a fourth-grade teacher in Michigan told parents in an email. Brett Meteyer...
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