Posts Tagged ‘rights at school’
Romney T-shirt offends teacher
It is common for many schools to allow Fridays to be dress-down or casual days where the dress code is relaxed within reason and students are free to wear more comfortable attire. But at Charles Carroll High School in Pennsylvania, sophomore Samantha Pawlucy was reprimanded …
Are “run-through” banners with Bible verses at high school football games legal?
The Kountze High School cheerleaders in Texas thought the run-through banners they made were a non-issue since they’ve been around for decades. Recent complaints, however, resulted in a ban of the banners in September, 2012. They had already been used at three home football games when the school district superintendent banned them. …
How many banned books have you read?
The American Library Association (ALA) has an Office for Intellectual Freedom. Every year the office records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have certain books removed from library shelves and classrooms. They publish an annual list of Banned Books and some of those …
The Potential for Online Schools to Reduce Truancy
Ask The Judge has written before about how juvenile inmates were earning high school diplomas while behind bars: these inmates are typically individuals who have specific lifestyle tendencies which tend to prophesy certain choices made in adulthood. Estelle Shumann, the author of this post, writes …
Did a kiss or lying about it merit removal from football team?
Jamie Kuntz was an 18- ear-old freshman at North Dakota State College of Sciences. He was a linebacker with a partial football scholarship but wasn’t able to play in the season opener due to a concussion. However, he and his boyfriend were at the game over Labor …
“Freedom to Read” week starts September 30, 2012
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It will be held between September 30, 2012 and October 6. The event highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, …
