Preserving Our Liberty.

Glasser, Ira

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ERIC Number: EJ452835

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Preserving Our Liberty.

Glasser, Ira

American School Board Journal, v179 n11 p22-26 Nov 1992

By law and example, school boards must govern within scope of Bill of Rights. Cites West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette, in which Supreme Court in 1943 upheld two Jehovah's Witness children's right to refuse to participate in daily flag salute ceremony. Urges schools to teach students principles of democracy and also of individual liberty. (MLF)

Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Public Schools, School Law, Student Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bill of Rights; First Amendment

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