Recently it was brought to the attention of the Arizona Department of Education that school districts in the state have partnered with EBSCO, an on-line data base students use for research. Unfortunately, kids can easily access pornographic or obscene material with just a password and a few clicks. Each district makes its own decisions, but […]
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Utah Schools Temporarily Put a Halt on Dangerous EBSCO Ties
It doesn’t take many people to make a difference, often just facts presented to school administrators by a handful of parents is all that is needed. In this case, a small group of concerned parents went to the Utah Education Network (UEN) about EBSCO, the on-line research library used in many schools across the country. […]
EBSCO Strikes Again, but in Indiana it is Called “INSPIRE”
We have been sharing the news about EBSCO, a school library database in use around the country which has links to obscene material and material which is illegal to be used in schools in some states. Parents in Indiana did their own research and found their schools are using “INSPIRE”, a branch of EBSCO. Best of all, their […]
The EBSCO Network Surfaces in Mesa, Arizona Schools
Once we heard about the EBSCO/porn ties which are being pushed in a Colorado school district, we checked out the Tempe Union High School District in search of the same ties. Because Tempe is a liberal city and gave Planned Parenthood a seat at their table in 2014, we were not surprised to see the […]
EBSCO and School Libraries
We often hear conversations among parents about the amount of time our youth spend on computers. It used to be a novelty for kids to have an hour or two each to play video games and then they would be kicked off to go play outside or read a book, a real book, not one […]