Freedom to teach:

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In my wanderings around the internet I stumbled across the case of an American school teacher who was suspended for three days (two without pay) for playing a YouTube video in class. It appears the school's administration and the school district were unhappy because it was a hiphop song about marriage equality and they don't approve. Well, I think that's stupid, and even the school district knows that so they got the teacher on a technicality: She showed the video without pre-screening it herself (which can be problematic if you cannot trust the student who suggests a clip) and because she didn't "submit a completed form about the proposed clip to a building administrator for approval" as required by the staff handbook.
Paperwork about every material I use in class? I'd go crazy and it would seriously cramp my teaching style. Colleagues out there: Is this policy where you teach? How much freedom do you have in selecting material and how much influence do you have on the curriculum?