Under other circumstances, it’s something that might make school administrators quake: Ten students gathered in one high school, fifty at…
Take that poster down! authorities at the University of Texas at Austin told a professor. The poster promoted condom use,…
“We want to get kids to question everything,” says Linda Ellerbee. Ellerbee is the producer of a new television program…
Picture books about Babar, the elephant king, are being pulled from the shelves. The stories have been judged dangerous for…
Picture a classroom with groups of people sitting at tables working on a math problem. It’s a simple task, but…
A Louisiana judge recently outlawed certain words from public school classrooms. Taboo terms include “spirit,” “soul,” and “moral.” District Judge…
Thousands of pink balloons flew over Harvard a few days ago. No, it was not an outing for toddlers. It…
It’s “intolerant,” some people said. “Mean-spirited,” said others. “Discriminatory.” “As bad as South Africa.” What terrible thing are they talking…
For weeks, students at the University of Pennsylvania have been discussing the meaning of an obscure Hebrew word which translates…
I really don’t understand why the pundits are so shocked. A recent survey of Ivy League college students revealed gaping…
