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Joanne Jacobs


Giving babies something to cry about

Is your baby a sniveling wimp? Nothing But Tears shampoo will toughen up your snookums, reports The Onion. “We at Johnson & Johnson have been making bath time a safe and soothing...

Started in Joanne Jacobs • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: children
Born to be wild (or mild)

DNA could determine whether children learn from mistakes or cope with abuse, some scientists now believe. About 30 percent of people are born with few dopamine receptors, which “is linked to...

Started in Joanne Jacobs • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: children, parenting
Dallas rules

Dallas teachers are angry about new district-wide rules that require teachers to accept late homework without penalty, ignore homework grades that lower a student’s semester grade and give...

Started in Joanne Jacobs • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: education
Dress code violation

Larry King, a gay 15-year-old who wore make-up, jewelry and high-heeled boots with his middle-school uniform, was shot dead in his English class in February. The Oxnard, California boy had been...

Started in Joanne Jacobs • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: education
A Marshall Plan for reading

It will take a Marshall Plan for reading to close New York City’s achievement gap, writes Sol Stern in City Journal. He wants to fund “scientifically based reading programs” for K-3...

Started in Joanne Jacobs • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: education
Pistol-packing teachers in Texas

In Harrold, Texas, a small district near the Oklahoma border, teachers and staff may be taking their guns to school this year. The sheriff’s office is 30 minutes away.

Started in Joanne Jacobs • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: violence
Summertime, and the credits come easy

In the D.C. suburbs, students can make up lost credits — but not raise their grades — by taking online courses that can be completed in a few days. From the Washington Post: The program...

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Tags: education
A pre-PSAT for 8th graders

Why wait for junior year? An 8th-grade PSAT exam will be introduced in 2010. The idea is to identify students with college potential before they start high school. But wouldn’t their...

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Tags: education
Safe kids, fat kids

Safety can be dangerous for kids, writes Philip Howard in the Wall Street Journal. Making playgrounds safe means taking out “merry-go-rounds, high slides, jungle gyms, seesaws or pretty much...

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Tags: education
Education Olympics — Day 5

On the fifth day of the Education Olympics, the U.S. has yet to win a medal. The mighty Finns continue to dominate.

Started in Joanne Jacobs • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: education