Category: Education
Education Reporter — March 1989
Minnesota School Survey Offends Parents
A questionnaire to be administered this month to thousands of Minnesota public school students has aroused opposition from parents who find it objectionable because it is privacy-invading and…
Education Reporter — February 1989
The Challenge of Child Care Costs — February 1989
Citizens’ Revolt Against Sex Ed Textbooks
The publishers of public school textbooks for sex education, a course that is usually called “family living” or “health” in order to minimize controversy, were taught a costly…
Education Reporter — January 1989
Carnegie’s Plan for Controlling U.S. Education
Americans spend about $300 billion per year on education, a truly impressive sum. If any group could control that spending Goliath, it would have incredible power because it…
Schools Starting to Recognize Pupils’ Privacy Rights
Three swallows do not a summer make, but straws in the wind at the local level of public education indicate that some schools are starting to show respect…