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
Education Reporter — November 1988
Education Reporter — October 1988
Sex Education in California
Since 24 states have mandated AIDS education in the public schools, and since AIDS education starts as early as kindergarten in nine states, in behooves parents to find out what is being taught. Parents should exercise their preeminent parental … [Read more...] about Sex Education in California
Failing Grades About Geography
A recent Gallup survey showed that the United States is the only country in the world in which young people of college age know less geography than senior citizens (age 55 and older). That was one of the many dismal conclusions of an international … [Read more...] about Failing Grades About Geography
Education Reporter — September 1988
Who Selects Public School Books?
People for the American Way (PAW), an organization known colloquially as People for Norman Lear’s Way, has rendered a public service in releasing its latest report on alleged “censorship” in U.S. public schools. The report sets forth a long series of … [Read more...] about Who Selects Public School Books?
