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Schools take away the right to speech and expression (dress codes) to protect all the students at the school. Students do not have their rights to the same extent as adults.

"Colleges are starting to put restrictions on "free speech" to protect students from harassment. There seems to be a blurred line as to whether this infringes on students' first amendment rights, or if the schools have the right to make these restrictions. "

By the Establishment clause, teachers are not permitted to instigate prayer nor deter it among students. Teachers are given the right to gather with other school officials and administrators, however are not permitted to take part in prayer meetings with students. In schools that practice moments of silence, it is acceptable for students to practice their religious customs, however teachers are not authorized to influence such activities.

Prayer has been a topic of some controversy with the public school systems in America for over 50 years, it has been federally banned other than silent prayers, and in some states it has been banned all together. This is a disgusting violation of Americans first amendment right, as well as our inalienable rights as human of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for some prayer is a pursuit of happiness. To ban ones ability to pray in school, while they are being taught as if God were not real, is a outrageous violation of the rights of not just Christians, but Islamic folk, and people of Jewish decent. Prayer offers peace, and a hope for salvation, and a denial of such ability in a place where most students attend is an outrageous violation of our rights as humans, and as Americans.

I am on the fence with this topic. I think that all Americans should have the right to pray in school but on the other hand I feel that it may be disrespectful to the third party. This is a tough topic for all people weather they are religious or not.

America is the land of opportunity and freedom. We have the freedom to follow any religion. I think that banning prayer in schools is something that takes away from that right. If it's pray is part of the religion, why is it frowned upon and seen as disrespectful? Our country should respect and go for what it stands for.

In this article it talks about Undocumented students, which are children who came to the U.S at at young age illegally and continue to live in the U.S. Within the article it brings up many topics that DACA students might have questions about, such as if they can receive Financial aid or if they will have to pay out of state for college. I learned from reading that DACA students are not able to receive FAFSA but however they may be eligible to receive other funding for school such as college aid or state aid.

This article talks about four different high school shootings that happen in Arizona. Students are bringing guns to school and are found inside their vehicle. Rumors on social media have been reported to the police thta a student was suspected to bring a gun to school.

Even coming from somebody who carries, I think schools are right to punish a student for having a gun in their car. One because its not allowed, and two because its not allowed! Keep it at home.

I completely agree with students being punished for having guns in cars at school. If it is against the rules then there should be consequences. In my opinion, it is the same has taking a gun to a sporting event or in a hospital, if it is it allowed it is simply not allowed.

In 1965 Students where suspended from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam war. After a 4 year battle the Supreme Court decision Tinker v. Des Moines ruled that students do not shed their constitutional rights at the school gate. Thirty years later (article published 1999) we are still fighting for our students rights with uniforms at school.

The laws that make up our right to privacy. There are several amendments that make up our right to privacy.

According to two Supreme Court rulings established in 1963, giving verbal account of Biblical passages and conducting prayers in schools by teachers is not permitted. The Supreme Court permits the action of teachers praying in school, however they may not initiate or guide such actions. All teachers and students may freely participate in praying, as they wish, however school administration is not permitted to lead such events. Students may practice their equal rights to exercise religious customs.

In one of my child rights advocacy visits to secondary schools, I met the principal of a school who clearly prohibited me from talking to his students about the rights they have as children. We had an interesting discussion in which he gave some unsubstantial grounds against the enactment of the Child's Rights Act.

Apparently in Arizona they are trying to ban courses teaching Social Justices. This isn't right. Students have every right to learn whatever they want to learn, and the government shouldn't be a part of what people want to learn about at school. If it's offered they should be able to take it.

I can't believe. Banning social justice courses is like hiding the ugly truth. We, students, basically have the right to choose what we want to study.

This article is about John Dryden, a social studies teacher. Dryden is on thin ice because of "informing students of their 5th amendment rights". He told students that they can withhold information from the school, and now he may be fired for this.

In Mississippi children are sent to jail for minor offenses like dress code or disrespect. The majority of those kids is either handicaped or black.

The latte grande at the Starbucks in Tysons Corner, Va., must have seemed extra steamy last month when two college students bellied up to the bar packing pistols on their hips, as casually as if they wore cellphones. Someone called the police, who confiscated the handguns and charged the students.

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This article discusses the issue of children/minors not have the right to freedom of speech while at school. Many schools punish children for things they say or wear, even though that could be seen as a direct violation to the rights of freedom of speech and freedom of expression.

Joy Harjo is a Native American poet whose work is highly motivated by respect for the world around her, and the desire for her people to receive that respect as well. She grew up during the Civil Rights Movement and was even an activist as a student.

Children with special needs or a disability have the right to an education and to go to school. In this article, it goes over that in New Orleans, families with children that have a disability are facing a huge problem. Schools are rejecting these students, which is discrimination. The schools that they are sending the children to aren't equipped to teach most of these children, either.

I know in Peoria, AZ a lot of high schools such as Liberty and Sunrise Mountain have special education classrooms for students with disabilities so that they are able to learn at their own pace while still taking in useful information and progressing throughout their years of schooling. I feel as if every school should have programs for these students. Just because they don't learn at the same pace as others, does not mean they should not be able to get an education.

By Cindy Long Felipe Matos, 24, teaches English to young students in Miami. When he asked his class one day who had been told that they would never make it to college, every hand went up. The students were only in first grade, and Matos was appalled that they were already so discouraged about their futures, but he wasn't surprised.

The pandemic is affecting school children. There are not doing that well in school because they have been on lockdown for to long. There forgetting how to be social.

The pandemic has effected so many lives, especially students. This is one of the most principle periods in their lives and where development can be most important. Throwing the stress of online schooling and removing them from in-person interactions is deeply affecting them in more ways people seem to realize.

This article explains how public school students are protected by the first amendment and are allowed to express themselves freely. However, Private schools do not have the same luxury.