The War on Kids

Teaching Totalitarianism in the Public Schools

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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John W. Whitehead

Between metal detectors, drug-sniffing dogs in the hallways and surveillance cameras in the classrooms and elsewhere, America's schools have come to resemble prison-like complexes.

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ReThink Interview: Cevin Soling, Director of the War On Kids

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Kim

The War On Kids, a documentary by Cevin (pronounced "Kevin") Soling, goes inside the American public school system to reveal some unsettling truths --...

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ReThink Review: The War On Kids -- Education's Prisoners

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Kim

Public schools have essentially been turned into prisons with constant surveillance and harsh, often absurd zero tolerance policies towards drugs, alcohol, weapons, violence and other forms of misbehavior.

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