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Author: April Hale

Probing policies

Uncategorized
January 5, 2007September 5, 2018 April Hale

Web sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com can offer a relaxed, online forum for students to vent about the usual adolescent quandaries ' classmates, school, homework and parents ' and those sites are often read by peers, and in some cases, school officials.

Tagged reports, Winter 2006-07

Native tongue

Uncategorized
January 5, 2007September 5, 2018 April Hale

In tribal college media, student journalists and their advocates say they treasure independence, and they know that in the past, freedom of the press has been considered optional by school officials.

Tagged reports, Winter 2006-07

Lawsuits explore religion, freedom of expression

Uncategorized
January 5, 2007September 5, 2018 April Hale

In September, a federal court ruled the that Saginaw School District in Michigan had violated the First Amendment rights of Hadley Elementary School student Joel Curry when the school did not allow him to hand out an ornament with a religious message attached.

Tagged Michigan, reports, Saginaw School District, Winter 2006-07

Parents sue New Jersey school district after students prohibited from wearing Hitler Youth buttons

News
December 15, 2006September 5, 2018 April Hale

The parents of two students who protested a school uniform policy with buttons depicting the Hitler Youth have filed a lawsuit after their children were told they could no longer wear the button because it was offensive.

Tagged New Jersey, public school 14, Woodrow Wilson School

Rhode Island student files lawsuit after medieval senior photo rejected

News
December 15, 2006September 5, 2018 April Hale

A senior at Portsmouth High School filed a lawsuit against the school Tuesday because it refused to publish a yearbook photo that depicted him dressed in medieval garb with a sword.

Tagged Portsmouth High School, Rhode Island

Supreme Court will hear 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case

News
December 5, 2006September 5, 2018 April Hale

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday that it will hear a student freedom of expression case that involves a high school student’s right to display a banner at an off-campus event.

Tagged Alaska, Juneau-Douglas High School, Washington D.C.

Middle school created limited public forum and could not censor, court says

News
October 11, 2006September 5, 2018 April Hale

A federal district court ruled last month that the Saginaw School District violated a fifth-grade student’s First Amendment rights when school officials stopped him from handing out a religious message distributed to his classmates as part of a school project.

Tagged Handley Elementary School, Michigan

Middle school allegedly prohibits student from reading Bible

News
October 6, 2006September 5, 2018 April Hale

The Rutherford Institute, a Virginia-based non-profit civil liberties group, filed a lawsuit last week against the Prince George’s County School District for violating a teenage girl’s First and 14th Amendment rights when they allegedly stopped her from reading a Bible.

Tagged Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, Maryland

New York City students subject to new punishments

News
September 28, 2006September 5, 2018 April Hale

The New York City Department of Education’s decision to adopt a more strict punishment for students who express themselves outside of school grounds using the Internet is raising constitutional questions among some free expression advocates.

Tagged New York, new york city department of education

Student paper decides to stop lawsuit seeking access to presidential candidate interviews

News
September 19, 2006September 5, 2018 April Hale

The South Dakota State University Collegian has voluntarily halted its lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against the university’s board of regents because the presidential candidate interviews it sought to open have been completed.

Tagged Collegian, South Dakota, South Dakota State University

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