M.D. Cohen "Personal liberty and education."
This volume contains articles addressing the topic of personal liberty and its relationship to education. Some of these are reprinted from publications issued by members of the Alliance of Associations for the Advancement of Education or cooperating associations; others were written expressly for this volume.
A commentary by Nat Hentoff is presented concerning personal liberty and education; other discussions are grouped in the following categories: "Freedom to Be,""Freedom to Speak, Write, and Read," and "Freedom to Choose." Titles include "Relating and Responding: The Adult" (Karl W. Deutsch), "Art's Essential Meaninglessness" (Harlan Hoffa), "Interlocking Rights and Responsibilities" (Marjorie Blaufarb), "Freedom of Speech for Public School Students" (Peter E. Kane),"Censorship and the Values of Fiction" (Wayne C. Booth), "Assessing the Alternatives" (Charles H. Rathbone), and "Are Students Involved in Deciding Crucial Issues?" (James E. Calkins). (KS)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Education, Educational Needs, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems, Public Schools, Self Expression, Student Rights
Paperback. 1976.
New book. Very minor shelf wear from rubbing. Stamp on endpaper, top edge and for edge.