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 Stories About: An Inconvenient Truth AND education AND movies AND Washington
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Follow-up on Federal Way schools and Gore's movie
School board official defends the decision |
David Roberts |
17 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Remember the story about how the Federal Way school board put a "moratorium" on showings of An Inconvenient Truth? David Larsen, the now-extremely-embattled vice president of the Federal Way school board, has a piece in the Seattle Times today, explaining what the school board really did and why they did it. First, I should say that despite the delight I and many others took in lampooning the decision, people in Federal Way are not idiots. Larsen's not an ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, movies, education, Washington (all these topics) |
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Best story of the year so far
Al Gore's movie booted by wacky school board |
David Roberts |
11 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Congrats to Seattle P-I enviro reporters Robert McClure and Lisa Stiffler for unearthing the funniest story I've read in a good long while. Here's the nut: The school board in Federal Way, a southern exurb of Seattle, just put a "moratorium" on showings of An Inconvenient Truth, based largely on the complaints of one parent, Frosty Hardison. The glory is in the details. Right off the bat we get this: "Condoms don't belong in school, and neither doe ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, education, movies, Washington (all these topics) |
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Frosty the No Man
Washington school board puts a moratorium on An Inconvenient Truth |
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11 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Frosty the No Man Washington school board puts a moratorium on An Inconvenient Truth First sex, now science? What will they tell the kids about next? The parents of a high-schooler in Federal Way, Wash., have complained to the district's school board about a teacher's plan to screen Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, and the board has put a moratorium on the film. "Co ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, education, green living, movies, news, Washington (all these topics) |
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