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1987
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| author | Marek, Kate |
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| contents | Schoolbook Censorship USA. Marek, Kate Academic Freedom Boards of Education Censorship Court Litigation Elementary Secondary Education Intellectual Freedom Public Schools School Libraries Textbooks This paper examines the censorship of school library books and school textbooks in American public schools, with particular emphasis on recent court cases. The 1982 Supreme Court case, Island Trees Union Free School District versus Pico, is examined in detail, and it is argued that Justice Brennan established precedent for a "right to read" on the part of school students. Several textbooks that purportedly teach "secular humanism" are described. Finally, the anti-censorship efforts of the American Library Association and the National Council of Teachers of English are described. (EW) |
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| publishDate | 1987 |
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| spellingShingle | Schoolbook Censorship USA. Marek, Kate Academic Freedom Boards of Education Censorship Court Litigation Elementary Secondary Education Intellectual Freedom Public Schools School Libraries Textbooks Schoolbook Censorship USA. Marek, Kate Academic Freedom Boards of Education Censorship Court Litigation Elementary Secondary Education Intellectual Freedom Public Schools School Libraries Textbooks This paper examines the censorship of school library books and school textbooks in American public schools, with particular emphasis on recent court cases. The 1982 Supreme Court case, Island Trees Union Free School District versus Pico, is examined in detail, and it is argued that Justice Brennan established precedent for a "right to read" on the part of school students. Several textbooks that purportedly teach "secular humanism" are described. Finally, the anti-censorship efforts of the American Library Association and the National Council of Teachers of English are described. (EW) |
| title | Schoolbook Censorship USA. |
| topic | Academic Freedom Boards of Education Censorship Court Litigation Elementary Secondary Education Intellectual Freedom Public Schools School Libraries Textbooks |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED300018 |