August 15, 2009

Protecting Your Kids from the Internet

The internet is a wide-open frontier of new ideas. But it also holds dangers, especially for children. Learn how bad it can be. Then, how far has America come in improving our public schools, especially when it comes to segregation and poverty? Youll be surprised at the answer!

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InfoTrak: Accidental Exposure Online Janis Wolak is Research Assistant Professor for the Crimes against Children Research Center at University of New Hampshire. Her research has discovered that an increasing number of children and teens are being exposed to online pornography, mostly by accident while surfing the Internet. She discussed the possible emotional effects on youngsters, and what parents can do to try to protect their children.
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InfoTrak: Poverty & Segregation in the Classroom Our guest is Susan Eaton, Research Director at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law Schoo and author of The Children in Room E4 . Ms. Eaton spent four years studying an inner-city public school. She now believes that U.S. public schools are poorer and growing more segregated every year. She discussed the roles that poverty, segregation, racial discrimination and educational policy-making play in this decline. She offered ideas on what parents can do to try to improve their childs educational opportunities.
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InfoTrak: Students & The First Amendment Dr. Kenneth Dautrich of the University of Connecticut recently conducted a survey of students to learn their attitudes toward the First Amendment. He found that schools are spending more class time on the First Amendment, but a sizeable number of students either do not view the First Amendment favorably or take its protections for granted.
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