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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 242 min read
College students are young adults - not fragile children
Stop babying college students and teach them that they're living in a diverse, pluralistic democracy.
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 142 min read
How to succeed at college: Try doing the work
Anxious about their children's anxiety, parents are going into crisis mode when their 18-year-olds face the normal challenges of college...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Neither a borrower nor a lender be: States add 'financial lit' mandates
Should I borrow to pay tuition at a private college? How much will that car loan really cost? How do I write a budget? Wisconsin will...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Teens need shop class - not 'technology ed'
Students need to get up from their desks, away from their screens and into shop, home ec and other hands-on classes, opines Pamela Paul...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 19, 20232 min read
Teach practical skills -- not college prep -- says post-pandemic poll
The pandemic has changed Americans' priorities for K-12 education, writes Greg Toppo on The 74. Preparing for college, ranked #10 in...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Protected kids become anxious adults
In an “Adulting 101” workshop, Kansas State students talk about "conflict" as though "it's this terrible thing," said Brett Mallon, an...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 4, 20222 min read
It's college, not kindergarten
Of the three million students who will start college this fall, one million won't make it through the first year on campus or won't...
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