Take Note: Parents see red; Get off of my stage

U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley has been preaching the gospel of family involvement, but his words apparently have fallen on deaf ears at one New York City school.

At Public School 69 in Jackson Heights, officials have angered some parents by painting a red line on the sidewalk outside the elementary school. Parents are not allowed to cross the line to pick up their children after school.

"It's not really a welcoming sight," said Felicita Morales, the mother of 6- and 7-year-old...

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