During this episode, Dr. Helen M. Hazi puts recent challenges to curriculum content into an historical perspective and offers suggestions for responding to efforts to censor instructional materials. A major focus of Dr. Hazi’s scholarship has been the intersection of law and policy with educational practice. She helps to distinguish what teachers can do to minimize the possibility of challenges to their instructional choices and what is the responsibility of principals, superintendents, and school boards. Although the information conveyed cannot be considered formal legal advice, the ideas presented provide a framework for thinking about the troubling issue of censorship.
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