Robert Wheeler Lane: Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>A pragmatic inquiry into student speech, public schooling and the First Amendment<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566392747&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1062_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate</h1> <H2>Free Speech and the Inculcation of Values</H2> <h3>Robert Wheeler Lane</h3> <P>cloth 1-56639-274-8 $80.50, Mar 95, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <br>paper 1-56639-275-6 $23.95, Mar 95, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-43990-345-X $25.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <BR> 224 pp 5.5x8.25 </P><h3 align="center"><P><font color="#996633">Outstanding Academic Title, <i>Choice</i>, 1995</font></P> </H3> <BLOCKQUOTE><I>"What makes Lane's approach unique is that he weaves together different perspectives on the nature of school into a very colorful but informative and lucid tapestry that seeks the outer limits of free expression within the boundaries of the school context, always with an eye toward promoting the goal of inculcation of values, a worthy end for students and school officials alike."</I> <br>&#151<b>Samuel M. Davis</b>, Allen Post Professor of Law, University of Georgia<I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <ul> <li><p>In a 1969 landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the suspension of student for protesting the Vietnam War violated the First Amendment. <li><p>In 1972, the U.S. court of appeals upheld the suspension of black high school students for protesting the playing of "Dixie" at a pep rally. <li><p>In 1986, a U.S. district court ruled that the suspension of a student for directing a vulgar gesture at one of his school teachers in a fast-food restaurant was unconstitutional. </ul> <p>On what grounds do public school students merit First Amendment protection? These three examples illustrate the broad range of litigation that has attempted to answer this question. Robert Wheeler Lane reviews the obstacles of this important issue and suggests a mix of protection and autonomy for students. <p>Pulling together evidence about the aims of public education, the changing legal status of children, and the values underlying freedom of expression, Lane debates the relationship between constitutional litigation and the dual pursuits of academic excellence and classroom order. Ultimately, utilizing both lower court and Supreme Court decisions, he finds that independent student expression deserves considerable constitutional protection; student expression assisted by school officials (such as school-funded student newspapers) should be subject to some control; and nonstudent expression (such as a school's selection of library books) should be left largely to the school's discretion. His conclusions suggest that in forging First Amendment protection for public school students, strongly held positions need not be extreme. <BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Acknowledgments <br>1. Pursuing Excellence and Order <br>2. The Emergence of Children's Rights <br>3. Free Speech and Public Education <br>4. A Focused Balancing Alternative <br>5. Tolerating Student Speech <br>6. Assisting Student Expression <br>7. Access to Information and Ideas <br>8. A Matter of Degree <br>Notes <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><B>Robert Wheeler Lane</B> is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Saginaw Valley State University.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/education.html" TARGET="_top">Education</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/law.html" TARGET="_top">Law and Criminology</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566392747&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. 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