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Friday, March 10, 2006; Posted: 6:58 p.m. EST (23:58 GMT)

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A high school teacher who was placed on leave after comparing President Bush's State of the Union address to speeches by Adolf Hitler has been reinstated, his attorney and school officials said Friday.

Officials declined to say whether social studies instructor Jay Bennish faced disciplinary action. His attorney, David Lane, said Bennish would be back in the classroom Monday "with full pay."

Bennish had been on paid leave from Overland High School in suburban Aurora since March 1 while Cherry Creek School District determined whether he violated a district rule that teachers present balancing viewpoints in the classroom.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/03/10 ... index.html

Good that Denver is sufficiently following the constitution to reinstate the man - too bad the reporter didn't know enough about the original story to know Bennish didn't compare a Bush speech to one of Hitler's. Fortunately the very tape that stirred up the problem was evidence that the teacher was doing his job (moderating a class discussion of the Bush sou speech, which included both pro & anti-Bush comments) and not the propaganda as accused.