concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: rights of teachers

law and public policy
type: Concept
narrower: rights of teachers

religion and social values
type: Concept
narrower: rights of teachers

rights of teachers
type: Concept
broader: school governance
broader: religion and social values
broader: law and public policy
definition: In American jurisprudence, public school teachers, as public employees, do not forfeit all of their First Amendment rights to free expression when they accept employment. Both in pursuing and in imparting knowledge to others, public school teachers share some of the academic freedoms exercised by their college and university counterparts, albeit with limitations sometimes justified by the immaturity of their students. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Teachers, Rights of]

school governance
type: Concept
narrower: rights of teachers