Not all literary works have been welcome by American educators over the years. Some of the most popular books ever written may have landed on the infamous Banned Book List.
Mandatory drug testing in public schools is a relatively new issue for the law. Introduced during the late 1980s and expanding over the next decade, the practice of analyzing student urine for illegal drugs is carried out in a small but growing perce...
It would be accurate to say that public schools students today have some First Amendment rights in schools, but certainly not as many as adults do in the real world. Still, free speech rights in public schools have undergone quite the transformation in the past 30 years.
Institutions of higher education have generally been held to have less control over student free speech rights than elementary and high school teachers and administrators. Most college students, after all, are adults. But that doesn’t mean universities have steered clear of free speech controversies.
The answer is ... maybe . Why a Minute of Silence May be Impermissible During the 1980s, school prayer advocates were in search of new approaches that might prove constitutional. The so-called "minute of silence" has proven the most successful strate...
Prayer in school is one of the most hotly-debated issues involving religion in America. Indeed, the separation of church and state is deeply rooted in our Constitution. While public schools are not supposed to support one particular religious belief,...
Schools generally may not advance any specific religion, but they also must not inhibit the expression of religion. This article reviews the types of religious objects and activities that are allowed on school grounds. Student Private Prayer Prayer i...
While school boards are generally allowed to create and enforce dress code programs within their districts, they must do so without violating the constitutional rights of students. The first school dress code law was established the U.S. Supreme Court in 1969.
Under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause , schools (as agents of the government) can neither encourage students to practice a religion nor restrict students' practice of religion. This is why many prayers in school, no matter how innocuous th...
Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools remain controversial legal issues. Since the mid-twentieth century, the federal courts have placed limits upon state power to require or even permit these popular cultural practices. Two landmark ...
