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Hefley, James C. – 1976
This book recounts in narrative form the influence of Mel and Norma Gabler, two Texas parents, on the purchase of textbooks for Texas schools. Concerned over content they found objectionable, for more than ten years the Gablers used direct mail campaigns, radio talk shows, petition drives, and personal appearances, in addition to testifying…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Textbook Content, Textbook Selection
Young, Ken M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
The problems of textbook selection and related social and political issues are presented from the point of view of an involved school administrator. (DW)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Issues, School Community Relationship
Peer reviewedHillocks, Jr., George – School Review, 1978
Descriptors: Activism, Attitudes, Case Studies, Demonstrations (Civil)
Peer reviewedFaigley, Lester I. – English Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Censorship, Demonstrations (Civil), Moral Issues, Moral Values
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
Candor, Catherine Ann – 1976
The background of the Kanawha County, language arts textbook controversy is described, and several factors are examined as possible precipitating elements in the controversy. The major actions, reactions, and occurrences in Kanawha County from April 1974 to April 1975 are reported, and various sources are used to document positions taken by…
Descriptors: Censorship, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational History, 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
PDF pending restorationKincheloe, Joe L. – 1983
The Kanawha County textbook controversy of 1974 sparked profound changes in the American political landscape and American education. The roots of this controversy go back to the 1960's, when drug use, women's liberation, violence, and sex education convinced conservatives that America was in moral decline. Parents in Kanawha County fingered school…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Community Attitudes, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Parker, Franklin – 1975
Divided into three main sections, this monograph about the Kanawha County textbook controversy deals with lessons drawn from that conflict. In answering the question of what happened, the author begins with events that predated any outward signs of dissent, such as the phasing out of the citizen advisory committee on textbook selection, and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Civil Disobedience
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
