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.
Tough love and hard work is the prescription at San Jose's Downtown College Prep — and it's getting results.
Are the recent shocking examples of abusive behavior by kindergarten teachers an aberration? Or is something more troubling going on?
When a California appellate court tried to ban homeschooling unless Mom -- or Dad -- was professionally qualified the reaction was fierce, reports Joanne Jacobs.
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."
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.
Think it's hard to declare a major in college? Just imagine what it must be like for high school students, who are no slouches when it comes to making poor life choices. Joanne Jacobs reports on a growing trend in American education.