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ERIC Number: EJ347154
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0161-9500
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School Law.
Splitt, David A.
Executive Educator, v9 n2 p12-13 Feb 1987
Discusses "Mozert v. Hawkins County Public Schools" (Tennessee), a case involving a controversial reading textbook offending fundamentalist parents of six middle school children. The Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling, holding that uniform use of the Holt textbook was not essential to the state's goals to teach reading. (MLH)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Junior High Schools, Legal Problems, Religious Differences, State Church Separation, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Tennessee
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment
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