Gradually, the authorities allowed schoolchildren to wear colorful head scarves and coats instead of dark colors.
There had been particular anger over new government guidelines that allowed schoolchildren to be exposed to radiation doses that were more than 20 times the previously permissible levels.
In 1986, for instance, Soviet health authorities denied for days that radiation had leaked from the Chernobyl nuclear plant, even allowing schoolchildren to march in nearby May Day parades so as not to depart from the approved story line.
Educators were posting his expedition dispatches on the Internet as early as 1992, and in the middle of the decade, he began a series of interactive journeys that allowed schoolchildren to participate in his trips via class computers, voting on routes and delving into ancient riddles like the demise of the Mayan civilization.
High-speed broadband access in the classroom is essential to allow schoolchildren to take advantage of many of the new educational opportunities afforded by digital learning tools.
Characterized as "inclusive, healthy and protective for all children," lessons in developing skills that are relevant to the "real world" also allow schoolchildren the opportunity to formulate and express their own opinions on issues that might otherwise be ignored or inadequately covered by other, more mainstream classes.
Government guidelines set after the disaster allowed schoolchildren in Fukushima Prefecture to be exposed to 20 times the radiation dose previously permitted.
The decision to allow schoolchildren in first was carefully considered.
Frei asked Holst, "If you allowed schoolchildren — some very young children — to watch the dismemberment of the dead giraffe, why not just invite them in to see the killing?" Holst responded, "There's no education in seeing the killing".
He has vowed to allow Thai schoolchildren to let their hair down — literally — and has proposed a raft of education changes to reduce what he says is an emphasis on rote memorization and to promote critical thinking.
