PART 1 (15:00)

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor : Censorship and Children's Literature

Everyone wants their child to read. Most parents also want control over what their children read. Some parents, however, want to control what other people's children read. They go so far as to demand that certain books be banned from school libraries. Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, whose Alice books were the second most-banned books of 1999, discusses sex, censorship and children's lit.

-Recorded November 2, 2000

	ARTICLE  "Most-loved books often most banned literature: Potter, many classics are among most challenged in libraries and schools," Athima Chansanchai, September 29, 2000. WEB SITES Simon and Schuster Children's Book Guild

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PART 2 (19:30)

Nicholas Lemann: The Big Test

The SATs can mean admission to an elite university or college, a life of prestige and prosperity. But what does the test really measure, and how did a single test come to have so much importance? Nick Lemann, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of The Big Test, recounts the amazing history of the controversial test that has come to dominate college admissions. RELATED PROGRAM: No More SATs?

-Recorded August 24, 2000

	ARTICLES "Meritocracy, if you can keep it," Rhoda Rabkin, Policy Review, Jun/Jul 2000. "The twisted path to the top," Alan Ryan, The New York Review of Books, Nov. 18, 1999. "Behind the SAT," Nicholas Lemann, Newsweek, September 6, 1999.

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PART 3 (15:30)

Larry Cuban: Technology– A Revolution in Learning?

Over the past 10 years, public officials, academics and corporate executives have promised that technology will revolutionize learning. As a result, billions of dollars have been spent on classroom access to computers and the internet. How is technology being used in classrooms? Are computers and the internet changing the way teachers teach and students learn? Education historian Larry Cuban, says not yet– and maybe never–and not for the reasons you may think.

-Recorded October 19, 2000