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    Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: Free Speech and the Inculcation of Values
    Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: Free Speech and the Inculcation of Values
    Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: Free Speech and the Inculcation of Values
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    Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: Free Speech and the Inculcation of Values

    By Robert Lane

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    Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1995





    "What makes Lane's approach unique is that he weaves together different perspectives on the nature of school into a very colorful but informative and lucid tapestry that seeks the outer limits of free expression within the boundaries of the school context, always with an eye toward promoting the goal of inculcation of values, a worthy end for students and school officials alike."


    --Samuel M. Davis, Allen Post Professor of Law, University of Georgia





    *In a 1969 landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the suspension of student for protesting the Vietnam War violated the First Amendment.


    *In 1972, the U.S. court of appeals upheld the suspension of black high school students for protesting the playing of "Dixie" at a pep rally.


    *In 1986, a U.S. district court ruled that the suspension of a student for directing a vulgar gesture at one of his school teachers in a fast-food restaurant was unconstitutional.





    On what grounds do public school students merit First Amendment protection? These three examples illustrate the broad range of litigation that has attempted to answer this question. Robert Wheeler Lane reviews the obstacles of this important issue and suggests a mix of protection and autonomy for students.





    Pulling together evidence about the aims of public education, the changing legal status of children, and the values underlying freedom of expression, Lane debates the relationship between constitutional litigation and the dual pursuits of academic excellence and classroom order. Ultimately, utilizing both lower court and Supreme Court decisions, he finds that independent student expression deserves considerable constitutional protection; student expression assisted by school officials (such as school-funded student newspapers) should be subject to some control; and nonstudent expression (such as a school's selection of library books) should be left largely to the school's discretion. His conclusions suggest that in forging First Amendment protection for public school students, strongly held positions need not be extreme.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTemple University Press
    Release dateApr 20, 2010
    ISBN9781439903452
    Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: Free Speech and the Inculcation of Values
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    Robert Lane

    My writing experience consists of a few letters to my sister. This is my first time at writing a book. After my stay in Alaska while serving in the U.S. Air Force, I moved to Omaha, NB for over 20 years. I had a dream and then had same dream again and knew I would have to write about this dream someday. Over 30 years later, I decided it was time to start my book in Reno, NV. Respect was a key word in the dream and I felt I needed to write about the importance of this. Could you imagine World Peace thru Respect? The magic mist and my imagination took over and the end result was my book. I need to get this published and out to the world and know the timing couldn't be more perfect than now. I mailed the first chapter to my brother in Kansas and he encouraged me to keep writing and waited impatiently for the next chapter. He died during chapter 5. My sister pressured me to keep writing and with her help and her daughters expertise, I kept at it. I moved back to my birthplace in Herington, KS in 2010 and finished THE SECRET OFMISTY MOUNTAIN. I have never married and enjoy sports, especially softball and bowling. The biggest reward of my life was from bowling. I was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000 at Omaha,NB. I am retired and enjoy traveling, watching sports and listening to the oldies on the radio.

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