Joanne Jacobs
Anxious about math? Learn your times tables and it won't seem so scary
Memorizing times tables has returned to Virginia's Standards of Learning, after a six-year exile, writes Todd Truitt. But he fears...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 21, 20232 min read
DC 2nd-graders will study gender roles in Rome, Aksum and China
Writing social studies standards is always controversial. Often they're vague and meaningless, but sometimes they're insanely detailed,...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Exodus: Achievers' families are leaving
As many New York City middle schools end selective admissions, middle- and upper-middle-class parents are considering private schools or...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20222 min read
When Harry became Sally: Parents have a right to know
Virginia's new transgender guidelines protect parents' rights to know whether their child is being counseled to change names and genders,...
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