Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

It is unfortunate that a vocal few can garner so much attention in attacking the Boy Scouts of America and its new Learning for Life subsidiary, particularly at a time when the resources available to teachers are declining all over our country ("Boy Scouts' School 'Life Skills' Program Draws Fire," Sept. 4, 1991).

The predominant focus of your article was not on an educational program. Rather, the story centered on issues involving traditional Scouting values. Our decision to establish Learning for Life as a completely separate subsidiary was in recognition of the vast difference between traditional Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorer programs and tiffs...