Washington Monthly on the Radio

June 24, 2007

Special Theme: Teachers and Free Speech

We welcome back Matthew LeClair, a student at Kearny High School in New Jersey who tape recorded his history teacher making religious remarks in class. His case against the school district recently settled.

We also speak with Debra Mayer, who was fired from her job as an elementary school teacher in Bloomington Indiana after telling her class "I honk for peace".

Virginia Spanish teacher William Lee explains why he is fighting for his right to put up Christian-themed posters in his school.

And Francisco Negron, general counsel of the National School Boards Assocation, tells us why his group thinks teachers should keep their personal views to themselves.

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

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