Classroom Crusades

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Part 1 — INTRODUCTION

• Right-wing Overview: The Right's
  Attack on Public Schools — 6
  by Barbara Miner
  
• Religious Group Begins
  "Rescue 2000" — 7
  by Rethinking Schools
• Roots of Right-Wing Differences — 10
  by Rethinking Schools
  
• The Bell Curve Agenda — 13
  by Barbara Miner
  
• Organizations & Resources — 14

Part 2 — CENSORSHIP

• Reading, Writing, and Censorship — 20
  by Barbara Miner
  
• Resources on Censorship — 25
  
• Frequently Challenged Books —- 26
  by Rethinking Schools
  
• Know the Law — 27
  by Rethinking Schools
  
• Teaching "La Causa" — 28
  by Rethinking Schools
  
• Internet Filtering: Beware the Cybercensors — 29
  by Barbara Miner
  
• Resources on Internet Censorship — 34
  

Part 3 — CREATIONISM

• The Evolution of Creationism — 6
  by Leon Lynn
  
• Creationists Push
  Pseudo-Science Text — 40
  by Leon Lynn
  
• What's a Teacher to Do? — 41
  an interview with Eugenie Scott
  
• National Academy of Sciences — 42
  by Rethinking Schools
  
• One Town's Battle Over Creationism — 43
  by Leon Lynn
  
• Resources on Evolution and
  Creationism — 46

Part 4 — GAY ISSUES

• Gay Issues, Schools, and the Right-Wing Backlash
  by Eric Rofes — 48
  
• Teachers Network Jumps to the Forefront
  by Eric Rofes —- 49
  
• A Mother Speaks Out
  by Leslie Sadasivan — 54
  
• A Report Card of Failure
  by Kevin Jennings — 55
  
• Resources — 56

Part 5 — SEXUALITY EDUCATION

• Federal Law Mandates "Abstinence-Only" Sex Ed — 58
  by Priscilla Pardini
  
• The History of Sexuality
  Education — 61
  by Priscilla Pardini
  
• A Look at the "Sex Respect"
  Curriculum — 62
  by Priscilla Pardini
  
• Sex, etc.: A Newsletter by and
  for Teens — 63
  by Priscilla Pardini
  
• "Vows of Abstinence Break More Easily than Latex Condoms" — 64
  an interview with Jocelyn Elders
  
• Resources on Sexuality
  Education — 66

Part 6 — VOUCHERS

• No Child Should Be Left Behind — 68
  by Kweisi Mfume
  
• 10 Reasons to Oppose Vouchers — 69
  by Barbara Miner
  
• Questions and Answers About School Choice — 70
  by Rethinking Schools
  
• The Market is Not the Answer — 73
  by Jonathan Kozol
  
• Lessons of Chile's Voucher Reform Movement — 74
  by Martin Carnoy
  
• Public Dollars for Private Schools: A Pandora's Box — 76
  by Barbara Miner
  
• Resources — 77