bias | Joanne Jacobs

Joanne Jacobs

Oct 313 min read

Politics in the classroom: Can teachers teach the election without bias?

Should teachers teach about the election?

Joanne Jacobs

Aug 273 min read

The Passover ploy: How to hide ethnic studies curriculum from pesky Jews

School district officials discussed holding board meetings on Jewish holidays to keep the ethnic studies curriculum "under the radar."

Joanne Jacobs

Mar 202 min read

Lowering expectations doesn't lead to 'equity'

It's easier to get A's and harder to get an education, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. Expectations started falling and grades...

Joanne Jacobs

Jan 262 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...

Joanne Jacobs

Oct 11, 20231 min read

Rejected by 16 colleges, 18-year-old takes Google job: Yes, he's Asian

Stanley Zhong earned nearly perfect grades (3.97 unweighted, 4.42 weighted) and SAT scores (1590 out of 1600). He founded his own...

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Schools spend $20 billion a year for equity training, but does it work?

Public schools spend billions on equity training, but have no idea what works, writes Katherine Reynolds Lewis in USA Today. "None of the...

Joanne Jacobs

Jan 22, 20232 min read

'Diversity training' costs billions, but does it work?

There's no evidence diversity training works and some evidence it hurts, writes Jesse Singal in a New York Times commentary. The...

Joanne Jacobs

Dec 23, 20221 min read

AI is learning to censor social media, and your taxes are paying for it

President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan includes half a million dollars for research in technology to detect and remove...

Joanne Jacobs

Nov 3, 20222 min read

Excluding Ophelia: Here's how to justify bias against Asian achievers

Asian-American students teachers earn high grades in advanced classes because teachers hold them to high expectations, argues Jennifer...