A Clash over 'Dirty Books' Is Dividing a School Board, Threatening a Superintendent, and Shattering a Community.

Jones, Philip G.

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ERIC Number: EJ105891

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Publication Date: 1974

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A Clash over 'Dirty Books' Is Dividing a School Board, Threatening a Superintendent, and Shattering a Community

Jones, Philip G.

American School Board Journal, 161, 11, 31-32,41-43, Nov 74

Curriculum materials taken for granted in thousands of school districts throughout the United States are being banned from the public schools of Kanawha County, West Virginia, on grounds that these materials are "filthy" and "blasphemous." (Author)

Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Religion, Religious Factors, Textbook Content, Textbook Selection, Textbook Standards, Textbooks

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