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GRANITEgrok!: NPR and Sexually Explicit Material in Public Schools
GRANITEgrok!: NPR and Sexually Explicit Material in Public Schools
Posted on by Tom Novak

Steve MacDonald, GRANITEgrok!, joins Jeff to discuss their story on NPR’s “interesting” approach to reporting on sexually explicit material and oversexualized class discussions in our public K-12 schools.

We also discuss the upcoming conversation in Concord on legislation that would permit the legal carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on public college campuses.

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