Joanne Jacobs
How to lose: Parents don't want kids to see blowjobs in library books
"A lot of Americans have kids in public schools," writes Eduwonk Andrew Rotherham. " They want normal ." They don't want sexualized...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 21, 20232 min read
I am a rockgender, I am an autismgender
When Simon and Garfunkel sang "I am a rock, I am an island," they weren't thinking about gender or sexuality. But, nowadays, rock can be...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 2, 20232 min read
LGBTQ books for all? Muslim, Christian and Mormon parents unite in protest
Religious parents -- Muslims, Christians (many of them Ethiopian) and Mormons -- have united in Maryland to protest new requirements that...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 25, 20232 min read
School bans 'only 2 genders' T shirt: There's only 1 acceptable opinion
A 12-year-old boy's free-speech rights to say "there are only two genders" on a T shirt is trumped by classmates' rights to feel...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 9, 20231 min read
Kerfuffle's climax: AP Psych is OK in Florida
Florida high schools can teach Advanced Placement Psychology -- including the unit on gender and sexuality -- says the state education...
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...
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...
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Public is divided on public schools
Most Democrats say the public schools positive effect on the U.S. Most Republicans disagree. The partisan divide on the value of public...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 3, 20231 min read
Parents against Pride: 'Leave our kids alone'
Parents -- many of them Armenian immigrants -- protested a Pride assembly at a Los Angeles elementary school, reports Clara Harter for...
Joanne Jacobs
May 28, 20232 min read
If Mia becomes Mike, parents want to know
If Jayden was cutting school, failing classes and getting in fights, he might not want his parents to know. But his teacher wouldn't keep...
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...
Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20231 min read
The culture war matters
The "culture war"matters for public education, writes Daniel Buck. It's not a distraction, not as the National Education Association...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 28, 20231 min read
Teach about gender identity -- but just the facts, person who produces eggs
Florida banned teaching about sexuality and gender in K-3 last year, and authorized only age "appropriate" lessons in higher grades. Now...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 19, 20231 min read
'Transition Me Elmo' could be the next hot new toy
The new Transition Me Elmo doll will introduce children "to the exciting new world of gender reassignment," reports Babylon Bee. "If...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 31, 20231 min read
Back in the USA
We returned from Barcelona last night, so I'm a bit jet-lagged -- and where was my breakfast buffet this morning? -- but the blog is...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 16, 20221 min read
No tattoos for kids -- sex-change drugs are OK
A New York woman was arrested for letting her 10-year-old son get a tattoo, reports the New York Times. State law bans tattoos for...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 16, 20221 min read
Most don't want schools to 'say' LGBTQ
Most Americans don't think young children are ready for lessons about sexuality and gender, writes Morgan Polikoff, a USC education...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Most want more focus on academics, less on gender, sex
The red wave turned out to be a purple haze. Moderates outperformed extremists. Democracy did not end. Trumpery lost its luster. An...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20222 min read
Teaching controversial issues is OK for teens, but not younger students
Most Americans want schools to teach older students about controversial issues, according to USC's Understanding America Survey, reports...
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