Media Watch.

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Title: Media Watch.
Source: Education (14637073). 2/9/2007, Issue 256, p6-7. 2p.
Subject Terms: *Education, *Newspapers, *Textbooks, Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing, Internet & children, Pedophilia
People: Cook, Colin
Abstract: The article provides an update on mass media reports related to education. The February 5, 2007 issue of "Daily Mail" reported that whistleblower Colin Cook, a former teacher at the King Fahad Academy in Acton, said that textbooks used by children at the school described Jews as repugnant and apes and Christians as pigs. The February 6, 2007 issue of the newspaper presented a list of codes used by children in online chatrooms to help parents spot if they were being groomed by pedophiles.
Database: Education Research Complete
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Abstract:The article provides an update on mass media reports related to education. The February 5, 2007 issue of "Daily Mail" reported that whistleblower Colin Cook, a former teacher at the King Fahad Academy in Acton, said that textbooks used by children at the school described Jews as repugnant and apes and Christians as pigs. The February 6, 2007 issue of the newspaper presented a list of codes used by children in online chatrooms to help parents spot if they were being groomed by pedophiles.
ISSN:14637073