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Joanne Jacobs
Joanne Jacobs is the author of Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds. She blogs on education at JoanneJacobs.com.
Response to School Violence Is Inadequate
The issue heats up in the wake up of 16-year-old Derrion Albert's murder in Chicago.
What’s So Sinister About a Presidential Back-to-School Speech?
Obama won't be stupid enough to use the speech as a political pulpit. And there's nothing wrong with telling students to study hard and be good citizens.
JROTC on Life Support in San Francisco
Parents are fighting to keep the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps alive in the Golden Gate City.
Where Palin Really Stands on Sex Education
McCain's running mate is far from a Bible-thumping pit bull on the issue — or even a lipsticked pig.
School Puts Mexican-Americans on the Road to Success
Tough love and hard work is the prescription at San Jose's Downtown College Prep — and it's getting results.
Kindergarten Cruelty: Not Child’s Play
Are the recent shocking examples of abusive behavior by kindergarten teachers an aberration? Or is something more troubling going on?
Do Homeschoolers Need Teaching Credentials?
When a California appellate court tried to ban homeschooling unless Mom -- or Dad -- was professionally qualified the reaction was fierce, reports Joanne Jacobs.
Social Justice High: Classrooms Meet the (Not So) Real World
Eccentric schools don't require vouchers, writes Joanne Jacobs. Across the country, tax funds are already being used to "create public schools organized around a left-wing political vision."
Indoctrination U: Thought Police At the University of Delaware
Orwellian brainwashing isn't only taking place in dictatorships like North Korea. Joanne Jacobs has the details of the infamous "treatment" at the University of Delaware that turned residence halls into reeducation camps.
