god forbid the little buggers should get an eyefull of demoiselles d' avignon ----- Original Message ----- From: "laura dickstein" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 8:06 AM Subject: NYC B of Ed Says No to Museum Web sites??? > (Please excuse the cross-posting) > > Hi Everyone, > > I had an interesting discussion yesterday with a group of 25 New York City > public school teachers. They were telling me that it is very hard for them > to find the time to get to visit museums. I suggested that they might try > to review museum resources on the Internet and was told the following > astonishing fact (?): The NYC Board of Education has put up firewalls > against museum Web sites. According to this group of teachers, it seems > the B of Ed. doesn't want students to have the liberty to access museum Web > sites because they might contain things that are so-called inappropriate > for children. Has anyone else heard this? Is this happening in other > communities? If this is the case, this obviously has serious implications > for museums. > > > __________________________________________________ > Arts and Museum Education Consultant & > Doctoral Candidate A.B.D., Arts & Humanities, > Teachers College Columbia University & > Faculty, Creative Arts Laboratory, > Teachers College Columbia University > [log in to unmask] > __________________________________________________ > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).