Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Parents to be fingerprinted by nursery schools - Telegraph

Parents to be fingerprinted by nursery schools - Telegraph

This fingerprint security system has long been in place in US childcare centres, having replaced the swipe/ID-card entry systems of the early 2000s. Is it just me or does this article seem to conflate the collection of parents' fingerprints with the collection of children's fingerprints (and potentially other biometric data)?

Monday, October 27, 2008

Hugh Hefner and the School Nurse

Yes, They Do Want to Teach Sex Ed in Kindergarten ยป The Foundry

This entry on the blog of a rightist American think-tank is yet another example of how the education of young children is wielded as an emotionally-charged weapon in political debates. American ones, anyway.