Textbook Censorship and Intolerance in the Classroom.

Richardson, Eleanore H.

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ERIC Number: EJ268588

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Publication Date: 1982

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Textbook Censorship and Intolerance in the Classroom.

Richardson, Eleanore H.

Drexel Library Quarterly, v18 n1 p82-94 Win 1982

Examines academic freedom focusing on the role of school textbooks which are often logical focal points for exercise of control or supervision. Society's values, education and thought control, lobbying, history texts, and the creationism vs. evolution controversy are discussed in relation to the censorship controversy. References are provided. (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Religious Cultural Groups, Social Values, Textbook Selection, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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