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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1962
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED033923 |
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- The Students' Right to Read. Academic Freedom Censorship Civil Liberties Educational Environment English Instruction Library Material Selection Literature Moral Issues Reading Material Selection Teaching Conditions Individuals and groups are exerting increasing pressures on American schools to restrict student access to important and worthwhile books. The success of these attempts at censorship has resulted in teachers being reprimanded, books being removed from libraries and classrooms, and subsequent attacks being expanded to include areas much larger than the target schools. With this danger of censorship, American citizens must be made aware of their rights to read, based on the fundamental democratic assumption that free men possess powers of discrimination and should determine their own actions. Librarians, teachers of English, and school administrators should prepare to protect the students' right to read by (1) establishing a committee of English teachers who, with the approval of the school administration, can determine book selection policy and screen complaints, and (2) fostering a community climate in which citizens will support the freedom to read. (JM)