Education

Stand Up and Salute the T-Shirt

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

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.

Access to Athletics: ACLU Calls on CCSD to Reconsider Policy

In a letter addressed to representatives of the Clark County School District, the ACLU of Nevada's Maggie McLetchie requested that Clark County School District reconsider its policy preventing students in the Academy for Individualized Study (AIS) to take part in student athletic programs.

Court Blocks Attempt to Censor Plays: ACLU Applauds Victory for Free Speech

Nevada District Court Judge David Wall denied today a request filed by a group of local parents that sought to stop productions of The Laramie Project and Rent: School Edition at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nevada. ACLU of Nevada attorneys, who argued that the parents should not be allowed to stop the plays, applauded the decision as a victory for free speech.

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