PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY REPORTS
What We Want in a Presidential Candidate , Nov. 2007
NEA Lists Its Goals and Democrats Agree , Sept. 2007
Questions To Ask Presidential Candidates , Jan. 2007
Who Defines American Culture? , Dec. 2006
Anti-Parent Policies in Public Schools , Aug. 2006
Judicial Supremacists Lash Out at Parents , Dec. 2005
No Child Left Unmedicated , March 2005
Fads and Follies in Public Schools , March 2003
NEA Conventioneers Continue their Mischief , Aug. 2002
How Public School Curriculum Has Changed! , March 2002
United Nations Attack on Gun Ownership , June 2001
Why Are We Losing Teens to Drugs? , July 2000
Are We Becoming a Society of Snoops? , Feb. 2000
What Caused Columbine? , June 1999
Clinton's Post-Impeachment Push for Power , March 1999
Liberty vs. Totalitarianism, Clinton-Style , July 1998
The Truth About National Testing , Nov. 1997
It's Time to Hold Federal Judges Accountable , March 1997
Poll Shows Schools Are Our #1 Worry , Oct. 1996
Big Brother Education, 1994 , May 1994
PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY COLUMNS
What Republicans Want In A Presidential Candidate , 11-14-2007
Congress's Opportunity To Restore Parental Rights , 3-21-2007
Public Schools Define American Culture , 11-15-2006
The Government's Appetite For Nosy Information , 3-15-2006
Activist Court Protects Mental Screening Of Kids , 11-23-2005
Judicial Supremacists Lash Out At Parents , 11-16-2005
Does The 4th Amendment Cover Schoolchildren? , 3-12-2003
Homeschooling Has Come A Long Way , 6-05-2002
Public School Isn't Like I Remember It , 2-27-2002
Leave No Child Behind , 1-02-2002
Court Puts The Lid On Nosy Questionnaires , 12-26-2001
Bush Judicial Appointees Should Be Pro-Parent , 3-28-2001
Sex Education Has Become X-Rated , 9-20-2000
What's Different About Census 2000? , 4-05-2000
Are We Becoming A Society Of Snoops? , 12-08-1999
Parents Win Victory Over Nosy Surveys , 6-16-1999
Show Me the Money. Know Your Passenger. , 5-05-1999
Clintonites Close In On Our Medical Records , 4-07-1999
"Know Your Customer" Stirs up a Hornet's Nest , 2-17-1999
Don't Let Janet Reno Read Our E-mail , 8-13-1997
Encryption Is Essential to Freedom , 4-02-1997
Time to Abolish Legal Services Corporation , 1-29-1997
Pupil Privacy Law Is Needed , 5-30-1996
Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic, and Ritalin , 4-04-1996
NEWS
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ARTICLES
District backs off secret sex surveys for students , by Bob Unruh, 8-27-2011
Census worker won't take no for answer , by Jon Yates, 4-01-2011
Congressman warns of 'Big Brother dossier'
Bill would ensure citizens aren't forced to take extended Census survey, by Jerome R. Corsi, 7-14-2009
How much information can the government demand from us? , by Bookworm, 6-24-2009
The long arm of the long census form , by Debra J. Saunders, 6-04-2009
UNCLE SAM'S WAY-TOO-NOSY SURVEY , by Meghan Clyne, 5-26-2009
Consent required for 'nosy' surveys , by Cheryl Wetzstein, 1-14-02
EDUCATION REPORTER
Nosy Survey in NYC , Apr. 2005
Parents Beat Nosy Survey Again , Jan. 2004
Feds Clamp Down on Nosy Questions , Oct. 2003
Virginia Parents Stop Nosy Questionnaire! , May 2003
A 'Ridge' of High Pressure: Nosy Surveys seek schools and funding , Mar. 2003
2nd Nosy Survey Lawsuit Filed , Feb. 2003
Ridgewood Parents Wonder if New Law Will Stop Nosy Questionnaires , Feb. 2002
Triple Win for Parents' Rights in New Jersey , Jan. 2002
C.N. v. Ridgewood Board of Education , Jan. 2002
Supreme Court to Decide Parents' Rights , Jan. 2002
Nosy 'Evaluations' Could Hurt Abstinence Programs , June 2000
Nosy Questionnaire Invades New Jersey Students' Privacy , Jan. 2000
Nosy Questionnaires Relocate to 'JIACs' , Dec. 1999
Parents Stop Nosy School Questionnaires! , June 1999
Parental Rights Provisions of the Final Court Order , June 1999
NOTICE AND DECLARATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
Compiled by the Texas Justice Foundation , June 1999
Court Upholds First Amendment Right To Pass Out 'Nosy Questions' Flier , Apr. 1997
Nosy Questionnaire Given to Social Studies Class , July 1996
Suit Filed Over Nosy Exams , Oct. 1995
Amicus Curiae Brief
Nosy Questionnaire Case: C.N. v. Ridgewood School District , (PDF)
A lengthy and highly offensive questionnaire was administered to young students in a public school in Ridgewood, New Jersey. One question asked students whether they had tried to commit suicide, and if so how many times. Many questions implied that illegal drug use is normal behavior. Parents had not given their consent for this social engineering, which lacked any redeeming educational value. Unfortunately, this nosy questionnaire was typical of intrusive surveys commonly given in public schools.
Eagle Forum's position: Children should not be asked to answer psychological, non-academic or incriminating questions unless the school gets prior written parental consent. Eagle Forum is a longtime opponent of nosy, intrusive questionnaires given to schoolchildren. Eagle Forum has always been a big supporter of the federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, passed in 1978, which bars psychological or psychiatric tests or treatment without prior written parental consent, but whose enforcement is adamantly opposed by the public school establishment.
Result: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument on November 9, 2001 and ruled in favor of parents on December 10, 2001.
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