Ask: I can’t seem to find the significance of the fowler v board of education Lincoln, Kentucky?

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The answer about: I can’t seem to find the significance of the fowler v board of education Lincoln, Kentucky?

Answer by Jonathan D
Fowler v. Board of Education of Lincoln County , 819 F.2d 657 (6th Cir.)
“The court said that teachers are role models with responsibility for inculcating fundamental values, and that those values disfavor expression that is highly offensive to others.”
http://home.grics.net/~jhv/201_Website_S_08/CourtrulingsreEduc.html

Answer by Indy aj
Teachers must remember that most courts consistently rule that teachers do not have a First Amendment right to trump the curriculum mandated by the school board. Furthermore, some courts take a narrow view of what constitutes “communicative conduct” that implicates the First Amendment.

For example, the Sixth Circuit ruled that school officials did not violate the First Amendment rights of a teacher when they fired her for showing the R-rated movie Pink Floyd — The Wall in her classroom. Even though the Supreme Court has determined since the 1950s that movies are a form of expression protected by the First Amendment, the Sixth Circuit determined that the teacher‘s conduct in showing the R-rated movie was not “expressive or communicative, under the circumstances presented.”

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