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... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > litigation: teacher rights > Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County

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Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County  

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  • At issue in Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County (1968) was whether a school board's dismissal of a public school teacher for expressing his opinion about actions taken by the board and its administration violated his First Amendment rights to free speech. In Pickering, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “absent proof of false statements knowingly or recklessly made” (p. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County]

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