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ERIC Number: EJ332250
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Commentary: Fighting the Wrong Battle in Public School Censorship Disputes.
Baer, Richard A., Jr.
Social Education, v50 n3 p164-65 Mar 1986
Contends that organizations such as the ACLU ignore basic structural features of the U.S. public schools and make incorrect assumptions about the nature of values and religion in arguing against recent censorship efforts, thereby promoting secular humanism at the expense of other religious beliefs and strengthening the censorship role of the political majority and the state. (JDH)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanism, Intellectual Freedom, Moral Values, Public Schools, State Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: American Civil Liberties Union; Freedom to Read Foundation; People for the American Way