Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues Sample Clauses

Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. A. Teachers shall be protected from undue censorship or restraint which may interfere with their obligation to pursue knowledge and truth in the performance of the teaching functions. Teaching of controversial issues is an accepted procedure in appropriate subject matters and grade levels in district schools. However, this does not give the teacher, or any group, the license to promote a particular point of view. Teachers also have the obligation to use thoughtful judgment in approaching controversial issues. They shall: (1) present varying aspects or sides of the issue; (2) clearly identify a personal position if such an expression is desirable; and (3) use care in selecting the type of materials used in studying the controversial issues. (See district Policy and Standard Practice INB). Academic freedom/controversial issues as defined in this context allows the teacher the right to complement but not the right to replace district-required curriculum and materials and/or district-adopted goals and/or instructional objectives with curriculum materials, goals, and/or objectives of the teacher’s choice.
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Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. Within reasonable district guidelines and board policy, academic freedom shall be guaranteed to teachers, and no special limitations shall be placed upon study, investigation, presenting and interpreting facts and ideas concerning human society, the physical and biological world and other branches of learning. Academic freedom includes a commitment to democratic tradition; a concern for the rights, welfare, growth and development of children; consideration for the concerns and desires of the community; and an insistence on objective scholarship. Accordingly, the Board and the Association agree as follows:
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Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. Employees subject to this agreement shall be free to think and express ideas within the classroom. Such freedom shall be unrestricted except as it conflicts with the basic responsibility to utilize the current District authorized course of study.
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