Disagreements over the First Amendment academic freedom/free speech rights of teachers in curricular contexts are once again receiving judicial attention. Two recent federal cases have upheld the longstanding rule that school boards have the authority to control curriculum content in disagreements over subject matter and language that teachers can permit students to use.
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Boring v Buncombe County Board of Education, 136 F.3d 364 (4th Cir. 1998a), cert. denied 119 S. Ct. 47 (1998b)
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