Tag: first amendment

February 22, 2024 by John Chrastka

So What Rights Does a Student Shed at the Schoolhouse Gate?

Understanding Students’ Rights to Speech and Information under the First Amendment by Catherine E. Ferri*, Guest Blogger^ Understanding a K-12 student’s rights has always been complicated. The Supreme Court famously wrote in 1969 that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” In that landmark case, […]