Joanne Jacobs
The trauma of the non-traumatized student
It's the start of the college application season, and 12th-graders are searching their lives for subject matter for essays, writes Robert...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 271 min read
Let's stop terrifying children
New York state will ban "active shooter drills" with actors playing shooters and victims, reports Shayla Colon in the New York Times. ...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 172 min read
Happy habits: Get out of your head and your house
California wants its citizens to be happy, reports Lynn La on Cal Matters. The Legislature, which once made "self-esteem" a running joke...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 282 min read
More than ever, college applicants are writing about race
Writing about race is more popular than ever for black, Hispanic and indigenous college applicants, writes Bernard Mokam in the New York...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 18, 20233 min read
Unsafe: Schools in high-crime communities try to cope with violence
It's all on video: A mob of teenagers punches and kicks a 17-year-old boy in an alley near his Las Vegas high school. Jonathan Lewis,...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 13, 20232 min read
Warning: Too much 'trauma' talk encourages fragility
I was wrong about trigger warnings, writes Jill Filipovic in The Atlantic. Writing for a feminist blog in 2008, she thought warning...
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