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Student Press Law Center, Washington, DC. – 1976
The Student Press Law Center serves as a national clearinghouse to collect, analyze, and distribute information on the First Amendment rights of student journalists and journalism teachers and on violations of these rights in high schools and colleges. This report details information concerning current censorship incidents: the investigation by…
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Rights, Faculty Advisers, Freedom of Speech
Ackerman, James S. – 2000
Teachers have a professional/ethical obligation to teach their subject in as balanced a way as possible so that students will not come away with a biased slant that, in their eyes, has been validated by the school system. The teaching of social studies, especially history, would be impoverished if matters of religious beliefs and influences were…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ethics, Public Schools

Update on Law-Related Education, 1998
Offers a forum that is a student-organized role play addressing the controversy about whether prayer should be allowed in public schools. Expounds that the students are asked to incorporate information provided in this issue of "Update on Law-related Education" with independent research to form opinions on this controversy. (CMK)
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Law Related Education, Persuasive Discourse, Public Education