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Foerstel, Herbert N. – 1994
This book focuses on book-banning in public schools and libraries, a practice that prohibits or restricts access to books already published, distributed, and even approved by school or library boards. The major grounds for censorship are sex, profanity, and religion, but they are often intertwined to cover a broad range of "unacceptable"…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Authors, Book Reviews, Books
Doyle, Robert P. – Principal, 1982
Describes increasing attempts to censor school libraries, how teachers' groups and the courts have reacted to this censorship, and what schools can do. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Board of Education Policy, Censorship, Court Litigation
