Who Has the Right To Choose?.

Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ642960

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Who Has the Right To Choose?

Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v189 n4 p52-54 Apr 2002

Describes 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in "Cockrel v. Schelby County School District," involving a fifth-grade teacher's claim that she was unlawfully terminated for teaching a unit on the industrial use of hemp, thus violating her First Amendment right of free speech. (PKP)

Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Elementary Schools, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech, Teacher Discipline, Teacher Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment

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