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Direct linkConnie Balkcom; Ashley Faaborg; Fallon Graham; Amy McClure; Sarah Terwilliger – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2025
This case explores the challenges faced by educational leaders at Maple Middle School, a rural school in a diverse community, involving a physical altercation between two students, subsequent student protests, and an investigation by Child Protective Services. Amid growing community unrest, a divided school board must address student discipline…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Middle Schools, Rural Schools, Middle School Students
Hassenpflug, Ann – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2016
Analysis of two recent federal court cases in which principals violated student speech rights offers guidance to middle school administrators as they attempt to address student expression. Characteristics of a successful school from the Association for Middle Level Education provide a framework for analyzing these cases in order to prevent…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Rights, Freedom of Speech, Self Expression
Hayes, Sonya D.; Burkett, Jerry R. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2018
Monica Williams, a beloved counselor of an urban middle school, is shocked to learn that she is being terminated for a comment she made on Facebook. This case was developed for use in an educational leadership course for students to evaluate an educator's right to freedom of speech in relation to social media. Instructors can use the case to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Constitutional Law, Urban Schools, Middle Schools
Hassenpflug, Ann – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2015
A review of two recent federal court cases concerning school principals who experienced adverse job actions after they engaged in speech about fiscal misconduct by other employees indicates that the courts found that the principal's speech was made as part of his or her job duties and was not protected by the First Amendment.
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Finance, Employees, Ethics
Russo, Charles J. – Education and the Law, 2007
Enshrined in the First Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights that was added to the then 4 year old US Constitution in 1791, it should be no surprise that freedom of speech may be perhaps the most cherished right of Americans. If anything, freedom of speech, which is properly treated as a fundamental human right for children, certainly stands out…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, National Security, Courts, Constitutional Law
Keene, Leslie – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2004
Banned Books Week does not need to end in September. Its spirit should permeate the school library media center throughout the year. Yet by the time students get to middle school, some may balk at "celebrating the freedom to read." It goes without saying that it?s an intense age for ten- to fourteen-year-olds. They have so many other issues,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Academic Freedom, School Libraries, Library Role
