- Series
- America Street, U.S.A.
- Air Date
- Duration
- 00:30:00
- Episode Description
- Today's topic: controversial issues in American education. Our questions concern two current educational issues: sex education and the bussing of school children to alleviate racial discrimination. We discovered that opinions on these issues were based on a fundamental and continuing conflict in American society the conflict between individual rights and generally agreed upon social values. For example, while all of our respondents agreed that ignorance about sex could be harmful to young people, there was disagreement about how children should be instructed and the rights of parents to determine what their children learn.
- Series Description
- In the city of Sunnyvale California, there is a street named America street. Families of many different backgrounds live on the street and in the immediate neighborhood. It's a melting pot of America in miniature. What are the feelings, the attitudes, the texture of life on America Street? What do these Americans think about America as it is today? For if we are to approach the reality of the American experiment in democracy we must know, understand, and respond to the opinions of America Street. We ask you to imagine that you are overhearing a discussion among the residents of America Street as occasionally compared and contrasted with an informed opinion from other sources.
- Subject(s)
- Creator(s)
- KFJM (Radio Station : Grand Forks, N.D.) (Producer)National Educational Radio Network (Producer)
- Contributors
- Genre(s)
- Geographic Region(s)
- regions
- Time Period
- 1961-1970
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