Conservatives see liberal bias in class - and mobilize.

[reprehensor]

Conservatives see liberal bias in class - and mobilize.

Complaints that teachers push liberal ideology are trickling down from college campuses to the K-12 level

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Concerned that public schools are becoming sites of liberal indoctrination, activists have generated a wave of efforts to limit what teachers may discuss and to bring more conservative views into the classroom.

After all, they say, if related campaigns can help rein in doctrinaire faculty on college campuses, why not in K-12 education as well?

So far this year, at least 14 state legislatures have considered bills aimed at colleges that would restrict professors and establish grievance procedures for students who perceive political bias in teaching. None have become law, but the movement has momentum: Four state universities in Colorado, for instance, adopted the principles under legislative pressure in 2004.

"The last six months been kind of a watershed for the academic-freedom movement," says Bradley Shipp, national field director for Students for Academic Freedom, a group founded by conservative activist David Horowitz in 2003. "It is going to filter itself down to the K-12 level."

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These fascists won't be happy until kindergartens are designated 'conservative' or 'liberal'.

[Bob3]

1. when a pickpocket looks at a saint all he sees is pockets

Since they wish to impose their view of the world on everybody - they assume ever body else thinks and acts like they do.

Nucking Futs these loonies be.

[depakid]

2. They have to attack education

because the bottom line is that ANYONE who looks at so called "conservative" policies objectively, with a critical mind sees that they don't make sense and are often grounded solely on emotional appeals.

I call these proposals "freedom to remain stupid acts."

Of course. Everyone's free- and even enouraged to remain stupid in America. Up til now though, the difference has been that if you remained stupid, you'd get lousy grades.

[tx_dem41]

3. This should be a very interesting First Amendment case...

...if the states try to enforce this.