Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools
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ForewordCh. 1Censorship in the Schools1What Is Censorship?2Censorship and Educational4Censorship and Educational Excellencee6Censorship or Selection?6Academic Freedom7The Extent of the Problem10Who Censors?15Motives for Censorship17Self-Censorship20Ch. 2Arenas of Conflict24The School Library and the Library Bill of Rights25The School Library: Selection Policies28The Classroom30The Student Press34Extracurricular Activities37The Internet38Ch. 3Issues in Dispute43Politics44"Dirty" Words46Profanity and Policy47Sexuality51Gay and Lesbian Literature52Sex Education55Violence58"Secular Humanism" and "New Age"59Witchcraft and the Occult62Impressions and Harry Potter66Horror Novels68Creationism70Racism and Sexism72The Case of Huck Finn76Ch. 4Establishing Selection Policies80Who Makes Policy?81Basic Components of a Selection Policy83Objectives84Responsibility for Selection85Criteria86Procedures87Controversial Materials88Reconsideration89The Completed Policy92A Working Document93Student Rights and the Student Press93Videos and the Internet94Ch. 5What Do We Do if ...?97Some General Rules98Preparing for a Crisis101Dealing with the News Media102Handling the Initial Complaint103The Reconsideration Committee104If They Won't "Play by the Rules"105If "The Community Is Up in Arms"106If the Challenge Succeeds107Ch. 6What Is the Law?109Basic Principles110Differing Views and Unresolved Issues111School Libraries: The Pico Decision112The Lower Courts: An Ambiguous Record114The Courts and Huck Finn116Religion in the Schools118Evolution and Creation122Student Rights and Student Press123Library and Curricular Censorship after Hazelwood128The Internet: Legal Terra Incognita130Ch. 7School System Checklist133Preparation133Response134Ch. 8Conclusion137App. AAccess to Resources and Services in the School Library Media Program139App. BFree Access to Libraries for Minors141App. CDiversity in Collection Development143App. DWorkbook for Selection Policy Writing145App. ESample Selection Policy157App. FGuidelines for Student Publications166App. GDealing with Concerns about Library Resources173App. HSelected List of Concerned National Organizations176App. ISummaries of Selected Legal Cases179App. JA Selected, Annotated Bibliography on the First Amendment and Intellectual Freedom194Notes201Index213
