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Peer reviewedJenkinson, Edward B. – Educational Horizons, 1992
Charts the battles over public school textbooks and the current targets of textbook protests, particularly secular humanism, new age thinking, and globalism. (SK)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Humanism, Public Education
Jenkinson, Edward B. – 1980
This paper gives a brief history of the Reverend Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority campaign against humanism in public school education. The document describes the successful textbook evaluation strategies of Mel and Norma Gabler of Texas, on which Dr. Falwell relies heavily, and lists 20 organizations protesting textbooks, library books, and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Attitude Change, Attitudes, Censorship
Jenkinson, Edward B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Reviews proceedings in "Mozert v. Hawkins County," in which the Sixth Circuit Court found that Holt reading series used by Hawkins County Public Schools caused the plaintiff students to "forfeit a free public education." Implications of this court decision are discussed. The judge narrowed the scope of the decision to the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Censorship, Court Litigation, Cultural Influences
