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Lehr, Fran – English Journal, 1985
Summarizes major court cases that have provided some sense of the extent to which teachers may legitimately select course content and teaching methods. (RBW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Course Content, Court Litigation, Federal Courts

Donelson, Den – English Journal, 1988
Protests the lack of professional respect and lack of professionalism associated with the teaching of English, blaming in part teachers' lack of control of their teaching lives. Presents ten rights and responsibilities basic to the profession. (NH)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Professional Autonomy, Program Administration, Program Development

Lacks, Cissy – English Journal, 1997
Contains a summary of the events leading to the firing of teacher Cissy Lacks and her successful court battle to win her job back with compensations. Presents Lacks' own reflections on censorship, discrimination, tenure, publicity, legal representation, and constitutional issues. (TB)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Censorship, Constitutional Law

Osborn, David R. – English Journal, 1984
Describes how a last issue of the school newspaper carrying senior class wills offended some faculty members and how the issue of censorship was raised and dealt with. (CRH)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom