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ERIC Number: EJ353875
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Defending Public Education from the Neo-Puritans.
Brandt, Ron
Educational Leadership, v44 n8 p3 May 1987
Recent court decisions in Tennessee and Alabama requiring the teaching of "creationism" and the banning of "secular humanism" challenge educators to listen to the critics and present a wider curriculum including the role of religion in human affairs while protecting our heritage of intellectual freedom. (MD)
Descriptors: Church Role, Court Litigation, Creationism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Materials, Religion, State Church Separation, Textbook Content, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Alabama; First Amendment; Secular Humanism; Tennessee
Note: For related articles, see EA 521 250-256.