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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 293 min read
If you want to climb a mountain, don't go two steps and ask, 'How do I feel?'
Nearly all public schools offer some type of counseling, mental health or "wellness" lessons, writes Abigail Shrier in Free Press. But...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 28, 20233 min read
U.S. schools devalue academics, celebrate failure
Are you excessively cheerful? Did you turn your frown upside down and now it's stuck that way? David Steiner will remove your...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 4, 20233 min read
Without the jargon, 'social-emotional learning' means ...
Social-emotional learning means "teaching kids to be nice to one another and to be nice to themselves," Liz Mikitarian, a retired...
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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...
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