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| Clark, Todd | 1 |
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Peer reviewedClark, Todd – Social Education, 1975
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
