If, however, a teacher recommends listeningto programs on NPR or PBS the repercussions are nil--no matter that their bias may be just as sharp as that of Sean Hannity.
"You know five, six years ago, with cell phones, we were simply worried about conversations going on when kids should be listening in class, phones ringing and disturbing theteacher while they were trying to teach, but we weren't worried about pictures, we weren't worried about text messages, " he says.