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ERIC Number: EJ114989
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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One Teacher and the Right to Discuss Controversial Ideas
Wiese, Art
Social Education, 39, 4, 214-16, Apr 75
The right to discuss controversial issues in public schools is examined in the court case of Keith Sterzing against the Stafford, Texas, School Board. The court ruled that the school board was wrong to fire Sterzing for teaching about race relations with controversial materials. (DE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Educational Problems, Freedom of Speech, Legal Problems, School Law, Teacher Militancy
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