Resources for Teachers, Parents, and School Officials

The freedom to learn, read, discover and create is crucial to educating informed citizens. The menu below contains resources to help you better understand how the First Amendment protects students and schools, learn about relevant cases and take action against censorship in your schools and communities.

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Featured Resources for Teachers, Parents, and School Officials

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Name	Issue
Responding to Book Challenges: A Handbook for Educators	Books, Schools
Material Review Policy Guidelines and Examples	Books, Schools
NCAC's Book Censorship Toolkit	Books, Schools
BANNED BOOKS WEEK INQUIRY CENTERS: A RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS	Books, Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Parents' Rights	Schools
Virtual First Amendment Lesson Plan	Books, Schools, Political Dissent, Censorship
Defend LGBTQ Stories	Books, Schools, Sexuality
The Show Must Go On: A Toolkit for Organizing Against Theater Censorship in Public Schools	Schools, Theatre & Performance
LGBTQ Right to Read Resource Guide	Books, Sexuality
LGBTQ Book Bans and Challenges	Sexuality, Schools
Student Journalism	Schools, Broadcasting
Student Protests During National Anthem and Pledge: A Resource and Timeline	Political Dissent, Schools
Political Speech in Schools	Political Dissent, Schools
Islam in the Classroom: Teaching About Religion is Not Religious Indoctrination	Religion, Schools
Islam: Indoctrination or Education? A Timeline	Religion, Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide	Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Student Expression: Web Pages, Dress Codes, and More	Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Harassment and Hate Speech	Schools, Harassment
Promoting First Amendment Values at School	Schools
Sex Education	Sexuality
Student Artistic Expression	Visual Art, Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: Censorship	Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: How Big a Problem is Censorship	Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: Censorship Policies	Schools, Sexuality
The First Amendment in Schools: Roles and Responsibilities	Schools, Books
The First Amendment in Schools: The First Amendment and Public Schools	Schools
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Sex and Sexuality	Schools, Sexuality
The First Amendment in Schools: Access to Information on the Internet	Schools, Internet
The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide: Religious Expression in the Public Schools	Schools, Religion
The First Amendment in Schools: Student Publications	Schools, Broadcasting
Internet Filters in Schools and Libraries	Internet, Schools
Cyberbullying: How Widespread Is It?	Internet, Schools
Identifying What is Harmful or Inappropriate for Minors	Internet, Schools
Watch What you Tweet: Schools, Censorship, and Social Media	Schools, Internet
NCAC Testimony to US Commission on Civil Rights: Vague and Overbroad Definitions of Bully Threatens Students' Constitutional Rights	Schools
Suppression of Gay/Straight Alliances on HS Campuses	Sexuality, Schools
Abstinence-Only Education	Sexuality, Schools
Abstinence Only Partner Organizations	Sexuality, Schools
Sex and Health Education	Sexuality, Schools
Abstinence Only: Joint Statement and Opposition	Sexuality, Schools
Timeline of Abstinence-Only Education in U.S. Classrooms	Sexuality, Schools
Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians	Books, Visual Art