public schools

Reports on the grassroots revolution transforming America's classrooms.

Gives background data and historical information on issues surrounding schools and education.

Discusses issues surrounding various types of censorship which occur in schools including censorship of literature, courses, textbooks, and expression.

Describes the school and teachers, their role in the community and the various opportunities provided to the students to excel.

Explains what democratic schools are and why the author believes they are desirable; and presents four real-life stories of schools that have instituted the reforms necessary to become democratic.

A guide to school censorship, looking at the history of censorship in the classroom and library, reviewing significant court cases and their effect on censorship, and discussing emerging concerns, Internet issues, and reasonable responses to censorship.

Analyzes eight book-banning incidents from 1976-1992, ranks 50 most frequently challenged books in the 1990s, and traces First Amendment cases in libraries.