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Parents / Families 1994
94.61 Procedures for death notification, 260
94.88 Graduation prayers [courts split on whether prayers at graduation violate First Amendment establishment clause; 53% of teenagers report religion important in their lives; Harvey Cox onanother "great awakening"; many parents see school prayer as one of the few sources of valuesavailable; danger of "institutionalized" religion], 304
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Parents / Families 1995
95.17 Community service may be required [community service and character education; oppositionfrom the Christian right; failed FERPA provision against "altering . . . personal values"], 341.
95.27 Character education--a national priority [the virtue of striving for virtue; need for social supportfor character education; Public Agenda survey shows deep current of shared values amongparents], 360.
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Parents / Families 1998
98.39 Higher education amendments, part II [policy considerations that have to be addressed in light ofnew FERPA amendments; social forces prompting greater governmental intervention in campuslife; parental activism in shaping living and learning environments for students; sociologist AlanWolfe on "morality writ small;" "consensus conference" as a means to solicit communityperspectives], 773.
98.41 Understanding and applying the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act [interview withLeRoy Rooker, Director of the Family Policy Compliance Office for the U.S. Department ofEducation; editor's note on parental activism], 779.
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Parents / Families 1999
99.8 Parents and student conduct [parents seek more structure for their children; proposed parental notification legislation in Maryland], 828.
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Parents / Families / 2000
00.9 Avoiding unnecessary delays in student conduct cases [unnecessary delay can be a due process violation; strategies for reducing delay—including early notification to parents], 953
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Parents / Families / 2001
01.25 Questions and answers on FERPA, 2021.
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