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ERIC Number: EJ114990
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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The West Virginia Textbook Controversy: A Personal Account
Clark, Todd
Social Education, 39, 4, 216-19, Apr 75
The unrepresentativeness of school policy discussions, religious fundamentalism, and the local opinion that schools should uphold and inculcate traditional values of home and community are emphasized as the reasons for the West Virginia textbook controversy. (DE)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Censorship, Community Attitudes, Culture Conflict, Local Issues, Parent Grievances, Religious Conflict, School Role, Textbook Selection
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Identifiers: West Virginia