Clinton's Troubles a Tough Issue for Teachers
Each weekday, in the middle of the night, a videotape recorder at Skowhegan Area Middle School in Maine automatically whirs to life and records a classroom news show produced by the Cable News Network, to be shown to students later in the day.
Many times in recent weeks, teacher Kathy Evans has wondered what the show, "CNN Newsroom," would have to say about the allegations that President Clinton had an affair with a former White House intern and lied under oath to conceal it.
"I asked my kids, 'What do you think they are going to open with today?'" she said last week. "The...
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