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 asks questions which assume that illegal drug use and … [Read more...] about Minnesota School Survey Offends Parents
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 lesson earlier this month in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The local school board … [Read more...] about Citizens’ Revolt Against Sex Ed Textbooks
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 would control not only buildings and books and personnel, but also control … [Read more...] about Carnegie’s Plan for Controlling U.S. Education
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 for parental and pupil rights. A few weeks ago, the Lyon County School Board in Nevada … [Read more...] about Schools Starting to Recognize Pupils’ Privacy Rights
Education Reporter — December 1988
The Growing Use and Misuse of Ritalin
Recent journals of the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association have brought out into the open forum of public discussion a practice that has hitherto evaded coverage in ordinary media channels. This is the accelerating and … [Read more...] about The Growing Use and Misuse of Ritalin
Witches Ride in the Classroom
For most of us, Halloween is a mildly amusing night that means jack-o-lanterns, trick-or-treaters, and children garbed in ridiculous costumes. Fortunately, it comes only once a year, as that is about all most of us can take of witches and other-world … [Read more...] about Witches Ride in the Classroom
