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Peer reviewedZirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
The Massachusetts Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling against a speech pathology teacher whose contract was not renewed following a parent's complaint. The teacher had explained 4-letter words to 13 year-olds, bringing them up in class, then discouraged further usage. Judges decided the teacher had acted creatively in response to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Junior High Schools
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Analyzes Massachusetts case involving Salem State College decision to prevent a student from continuing his student teaching at an elementary school because of his continued expression of strongly held religious views in the classroom. First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the college's decision rejecting the student's claim that his 1st and 14th…
Descriptors: College Programs, Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Freedom of Speech
