Achtung!

Ja, ve haf to protect ze younk minds from zis Entartete Kunst, just like ve
did in ze good oldt days...und heaven help you if you haf on your vebsite
Entartete Musik, like Kalman's opera which ve supressed very successfully,
"Die Herzogin von Chicago". Unfortunately, ve were not zo successful wiz dot
3 groschen opera.

'Bout time for another Scopes monkey trial, good people. Ze mind do boggle
some. I regret to have to admit that we are seeing instances of the same
attitude among certain Canadian school boards out west.


----- Original Message -----
From: laura dickstein <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:06 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.
>
>
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> Teachers College Columbia University
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