Education

Search and Seizure of Student's Medicine Bag

Submitted by Staci Pratt on March 8, 2012

A student doesn’t lose the right to freedom of belief when he or she steps in school. Personal religious expression is protected from government interference through the Free Exercise Clause. Schools, as formative institutions, possess an affirmative obligation to not only adhere to these constitutional principles but also to cultivate respect for their practice.

Minority Students in Nevada Public Schools Overrepresented in Discipline, Underrepresented in Advanced Math and Science Courses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV – Statistics released on March 6, 2012, by the U.S. Department of Education, reveal that minority students in Nevada receive disproportionate disciplinary sanctions and are underrepresented in advanced math and science classes.

Stand Up and Salute the T-Shirt

Submitted by Lee Rowland on May 13, 2010

Last week, a vice principal at a California high school disciplined several students for wearing American flag t-shirts to school. Yes, you read that right. The reason that this symbol of our great nation was transformed into a reason for detention? The students wearing them intended the flags to express a point of view – they wore them on the day of the school’s celebration of Cinco de Mayo, honoring many students’ Mexican heritage.

Churchill High School Stands Up for Student Speech

February 11, 2010

On February 9, 2010 the ACLU of Nevada sent a letter applauding Churchill County High School for publishing a student article about a teacher in the school’s newspaper, despite attempts to block the article by the county’s Education Association.

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