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Download full textBrooks, Wanda – 1996
Can literature with obscene language be available in public schools? Can a teacher discuss the use of such language with students? This paper presents two points of view--one advocating the censorship of obscene language in literature and teaching in the public schools, and the other opposing it. The paper describes outcomes of court litigation…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Constitutional Law, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
