Court to Kid: Sorry, Matt, You Can't Say That at a School Assembly.

Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ341191

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Publication Date: 1986

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Court to Kid: Sorry, Matt, You Can't Say That at a School Assembly.

Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v173 n10 p11,47 Oct 1986

Examines a United States Supreme Court decision upholding the Bethel, Washington, school district in disciplining a student for giving a sexually provocative speech. Refers to the 1969 decision in "Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District," in which students had been suspended for wearing symbols of opposition to the Vietnam War. (IW)

Descriptors: Activism, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech, Government School Relationship, School Law, School Policy, Student Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bethel School District 403 v Fraser; Tinker v Des Moines Independent School District

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