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NEA blames America for 9/11; critics say National Education Association lesson plans on Sept. 11 are anti-American and anti-Western civilization
Although the National Education Association (NEA), the largest national teachers union, has suggested to teachers that they be careful on the first...
Insight on the News, 09/23/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
Women get hate male
Women's-studies programs on college campuses teach students that the modern female suffers in a male-dominated society, an analysis of the field's...
Insight on the News, 05/20/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
Nationwide poll catches students cheating
More than half of high-school students cheat on tests or homework and most of them aren't ashamed of it, a recent Rutgers University study has...
Insight on the News, 05/20/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
Western civ gets downgraded: one of America's most prominent universities is revamping its curriculum this fall, to the consternation of conservative students, professors and alumni
The University of Chicago will replace a majority of Western civilization core classes with European civilization courses, while eliminating...
Insight on the News, 05/20/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
White profs cry bias
Five white professors have filed a lawsuit against Livingstone College in North Carolina, claiming the predominantly black school discriminated...
Insight on the News, 05/20/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
Happy Valley gets giddy
A student group at Penn State University has sparked criticism for using student fees to pay a speaker who supports the North American Man-Boy Love...
Insight on the News, 05/20/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
Davis warms to same-sex unions
California Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, doesn't support same-sex marriage, but he may be interested in helping his state become the second to enact...
Insight on the News, 05/06/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
Activists lobby for Chavez Holiday
A group of community leaders and politicians in California has started a national campaign to create a paid federal holiday honoring the late labor...
Insight on the News, 05/06/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
English program reviewed for bias
An English-immersion program taught in California public schools is under review by a federal court after bilingual educators claimed the program...
Insight on the News, 05/06/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication -
Criminalizing playtime; schools are banning children from playing traditional games now deemed too violent or exclusionary. Civil-rights activists say the punishments are worse than the crimes
Public-school officials nationwide are banning children from playing cops and robbers, citing zero-tolerance policies for anything resembling...
Insight on the News, 04/29/02 by Ellen Sorokin · More from publication
