education politics | Joanne Jacobs

39% of public-school parents are satisfied with their child's school

Joanne Jacobs

Oct 81 min read

39% of public-school parents are satisfied with their child's school

Only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child's school compared to 70% of private school parents.

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Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda

Joanne Jacobs

Sep 112 min read

Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda

The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...

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Walz boosted school $, but added costly mandates: Tampons aren't free

Joanne Jacobs

Aug 82 min read

Walz boosted school $, but added costly mandates: Tampons aren't free

For a former teacher, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz doesn't seem very interested in education.

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Democrats care about equality, but not education, say voters

Joanne Jacobs

May 182 min read

Democrats care about equality, but not education, say voters

Black and Hispanic parents may switch from Biden to Trump. Democrats value equality but don't deliver on quality, they say.

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If Moms for Liberty ain't happy, ain't nobody happy

Joanne Jacobs

Jul 17, 20233 min read

If Moms for Liberty ain't happy, ain't nobody happy

The slogan "We don't co-parent with the government" has mobilized "an enormous and growing" number of Americans, writes Robert Pondiscio,...

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It's time to say, 'Whoa, Bob' on sex books in the school library

Joanne Jacobs

Jul 8, 20232 min read

It's time to say, 'Whoa, Bob' on sex books in the school library

The "most banned book in the country," a graphic novel called Gender Queer, includes a page that depicts "a moment in which the...

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Rightward Ho: Americans are more likely to be social conservatives

Joanne Jacobs

Jun 12, 20232 min read

Rightward Ho: Americans are more likely to be social conservatives

Are there two sexes? Americans in 2023 are slightly more likely to say that gender is binary than they were in 2021, according to a new...

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Conservative moms are hate-filled 'extremists,' says SPLC

Joanne Jacobs

Jun 11, 20232 min read

Conservative moms are hate-filled 'extremists,' says SPLC

Moms for Liberty, conservatives who "do not co-parent with the government" and oppose gender-identity lessons in schools, made the...

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Americans like merit, but Democrats aren't so sure

Joanne Jacobs

May 16, 20232 min read

Americans like merit, but Democrats aren't so sure

Most Americans -- "ordinary people" rather than academics -- believe in merit, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. They want to help...

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'Book bans' sound bad, but so does graphic sex in school libraries

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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'Our nation's children are all our children'

Joanne Jacobs

Apr 27, 20232 min read

'Our nation's children are all our children'

"There's no such thing as someone else's child," said President Joe Biden in honoring the new Teacher of the Year, an Oklahoma math...

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Anti-merit push is alienating Asian voters

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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There is no culture war in education's 'ideological heartland'

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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Sneering at parents isn't a great political strategy

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

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

Aug 26, 20222 min read

Parents want choices

Parents want education options, concludes Never Going Back, based on a Mary 22 Harris Poll for the National Alliance for Public Charter...

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