[mysterio]

Would you have kids in school receive the full protection of the bill of rights?

Yes.

Or would most Freepers prefer to see the schools a little more chaotic?

I would prefer to see schools teaching kids why we threw off the yoke of the English in the first place, not Applied Orwell 101.

I guess I am also sorry that the human element has vanished as the teachers got more control over their assignments and the union got more control over the administrators.

The teachers should have control over the assignments. And throwing in the anti-union sentiment that is popular around here does nothing to refute the argument that we are not teaching kids to value freedom.

[KC_for_Freedom]

The teachers should have control over the assignments

By this I meant hall duty assignments, its not so good that they can decide this is not part of their contract.

I agree that schools should teach valid history, and they could even discuss whether lockers should be private, or remain the property of the schools. You could review the search and seisure laws and see whether they apply to school age kids, and under what instances the school authorities may search a kid's backpack.

Your answers sound like it would be tough on teachers, but I guess you can have the point. Kids in decades past were not searched by school personnel I guess? What age would you say the bill of rights applies? What about parents looking in a kids room? How far does this go?