Controversial Issues. Training for effective citizenship in a democracy is accepted as one of the major purposes of the Xxxxxxx-Xxx Public Schools. The instructional program established to achieve this purpose demands free discussion of issues including discussion of those issues that may be considered controversial. Free discussion of controversial issues is the heart of the democratic process. Freedom of speech and the free access to information are among our most cherished American traditions. For the Xxxxxxx-Xxx Public Schools controversial issues are defined in the terms of the rights of pupils rather than in the terms of the rights of teachers. The study of controversial issues is objective and scholarly with a minimum emphasis on opinion. The teacher must approach controversial issues in the classroom in an impartial and unprejudiced manner and must refrain from using his/her classroom privileges and prestige to promote a partisan point of view. Good teaching of subjects containing controversial issues requires more skill than most other kinds of teaching and as far as possible, only teachers of broad experience and superior ability are to be assigned a subject in which a large body of the material involves controversy.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
