Academic Freedom in the Schools.

McCarthy, Martha M.; Patterson, William G.

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ERIC Number: EJ182592

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Publication Date: 1978

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Academic Freedom in the Schools

McCarthy, Martha M.; Patterson, William G.

Journal of General Education, 29, 4, 299-310, W 78

Reviews major court decisions on cases involving instructors' rights to teach controversial issues, to choose their teaching style, and to affect the curriculum in such ways as deciding to assign creationist or evolutionary biology textbooks. (Editor/RK)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Curriculum, Supreme Court Litigation, Teacher Responsibility, Teaching Styles

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