Though the Sacramento Bee‘s story leads with “Berkeley study finds youths more conservative than parents,” the study actually finds that youth are more “conservative” on some issues (such as abortion and school prayer), and more liberal on others (such as gay rights and environmental protection).
Sacremento Bee: Berkeley study finds youths more conservative than parents
(via Drudge Report)
Under a plan initiated by the administration of Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D), the information about the children would be collected at schools using laptop computers. It would be fed into a centralized computer system, and the children then would receive ID cards containing bar codes that can be scanned by authorities, officials said.” The plan has obviously caused controversy amongst privacy rights activists. However, parental consent will be required to collect data and it will be safe from outside interests (for now).
Washington Post: D.C. Plans ID Card for Students.
(via Random Walks).
Slashdot has an excellent feature up today: Are Kids Turning Your Kids Into Killers? “The truth is, many more kids kill themselves then others, often because of bullying, a subject about which Ashcroft had nothing to say. The question really is whether vicious kids and hostile school environments are turning kids into killers. It’s a question neither politicians nor the media seem to want to ask.”
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