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Peer reviewedKaufman, Paul J. – Appalachian Journal, 1975
The 1974 textbook dispute led by Alice Moore, member of the Kanawha County (West Virginia) Board of Education, is discussed. (NQ)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Books, Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B. – Principal, 1983
In "State v. Riddle," the West Virginia Supreme Court held illegal a family's religion-based home instruction of its children because, among other reasons, the family was not part of a self-sufficient religious community and had not followed state procedures on home schooling. Tells how to use legal citations. (RW)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNational Education Association, Washington, DC. Teacher Rights Div. – 1975
On October 14, 1974, the Kanawha County Association of Classroom Teachers requested that the Teacher Rights Division of the National Education Association (NEA) conduct an investigation into the textbook controversy. This report contains information on the background, evolution, educational consequences, and dynamics of the conflict, and the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Conflict Resolution, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
