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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
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