Academic Freedom Isn't Just for Higher Ed.

Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ525902

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Academic Freedom Isn't Just for Higher Ed.

Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v183 n6 p12-13 Jun 1996

In "Hosford," a teacher led a discussion with 3 13-year-old boys in a special-needs class about words with multiple meanings that included obscene ones. The teacher's contract was not renewed. The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in the teacher's favor and declared that primary and secondary school teachers have enough academic freedom to use their professional judgment in discipline. (MLF)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Court Litigation, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Freedom of Speech, Public School Teachers, Public Schools, State Courts, Teacher Dismissal

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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