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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 192 min read
Always mediocre, teacher prep is now politicized too
Future elementary teachers get a lot of training in "equity pedagogy" at the University of Florida, writes Scott Yenor in City Journal....
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Ya gotta believe in 'the other CRT' if you want to teach
"Culturally relevant teaching" has spread rapidly, but it's getting some push back, writes Michael Torres on City Journal. "Families,...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 15, 20232 min read
'Book bans' sound bad, but so does graphic sex in school libraries
President Biden keeps talking about "book bans," writes Andrew Rotherham on Eduwonk. It's become "a nervous tic" for Education Secretary...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 2, 20232 min read
AP African American Studies purges critical race, queer theorists
Critical race theory, queer theory and black feminist literature are out of the core curriculum in the revised version of College Board's...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Sneetches are racist! No, they're anti-racist! Or maybe ...
Dr. Seuss's Sneetches learn that outward differences don't matter. There's no need to pay to get a star added or removed from their...
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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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