Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Maryland closes classrooms to parents

I heard about this on the G. Gordon Liddy show yesterday on the way the pharmacy. I was going to write about it but Powerline has already done it here. The screw-al policy is for the school to have the classrooms open for parents to know what is going on. Since they are teaching the kids about the 9-types of families, it is too much for the parents to be able to understand. (yes I said NINE)

From powerline
As I mentioned, this is a "pilot" program. A "citizens advisory committee" is supposed to collect feedback from students, teachers, and parents and make a recommendation to the school board as to whether to implement the program county-wide. Which makes it seem particularly odd that parents will not be allowed to observe the program in action. Moreover, Michelle Turner of the Citizens for Responsible Curriculum says that teachers are refusing to supply parents with copies of the curriculum or the course resource materials. This looks like the nanny state with a twist -- a nanny who is partial to alternative life-styles
This is something to be concerned about.....and not only Maryland.

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