Good Cases Make Bad Law, and This Curriculum Ruling Suggests the Opposite Also Can Be True.

Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ377494

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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Good Cases Make Bad Law, and This Curriculum Ruling Suggests the Opposite Also Can Be True.

Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v175 n9 p7,37 Sep 1988

In "Virgil v. School Board of Columbia County," a federal district court upheld a school board's decision to remove a textbook from the curriculum. The ruling is in line with the Supreme Courts'"Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier" decision that gave school boards sweeping power over the curriculum. (MLF)

Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Censorship, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech, High Schools, Public Schools, School Law, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier

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