Boring or Bunkum?.

Zirkel, Perry A.

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ERIC Number: EJ566247

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Boring or Bunkum?

Zirkel, Perry A.

Phi Delta Kappan, v79 n10 p791-92 Jun 1998

Discusses an unsuccessful lawsuit brought by Margaret Boring, an acclaimed high school drama teacher in Buncombe County, North Carolina. She was transferred to a middle school for allegedly violating the school's "controversial materials" policy after students performed an expurgated version of Lee Blessing's "Independence." Judges disagreed over free-speech precedents. (10 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Court Litigation, Dramatics, Due Process, Freedom of Speech, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Student Rights, Teacher Rights

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

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Language: English

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

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