Popular abstinence-only curricula teach schoolchildren falsehoods and stereotypes (Metroland – December 09, 2004) When they learn about the birds and the bees at school, children might be avoiding more than just an uncomfortable conversation with their parents. According to a recently released report on nationwide reproductive-health curricula, they might be avoiding the truth. “Abstinence-only education, [...]

The performance and proliferation of charter schools stirs passions in Albany and Schenectady (Metroland – December 16, 2004) It was an educational week here in the Capital Region, but not all of the lessons learned were the sort you want your kids to absorb. On Monday, representatives from various state and local governments joined with [...]

As an embattled entertainment industry cracks down on campus file-sharing, students question the industry’s motives and tactics, and colleges are caught in the middle (Metroland – Sept. 11, 2003) When the Recording Industry Association of America targeted Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute freshman Jesse Jordan, another RPI student, and two students from other colleges with expensive copyright-infringement [...]