EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Moral Panic, American Civil Liberties Union, Rowan V. United States Post Office Department
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Freedom of speech: symbolic speech (tinker, 1969, innuendo (frasser, 1986, school newspaper (hazelwood, 1988) Don"t want my children vaccinated in school because against of religion b. ii. Don"t want to salute flag, against my beliefs : there was a few case about students c. i. Courts weren"t unanimous, some said you can expel students but others were against c. iii. But usually weren"t many cases: trend in society: taking issues to courts, challenging and questioning rules and rights, students have rights a. i. Cant just let teacher or administrator call the shots a. ii. Students do not just shed their constitutional rights outside the doors: late 60"s people thought students don"t have constitutional rights, talk about religion, special education, the next few weeks. Teacher competence, cases that involve immorality (teachers and students alike), gender and sexuality, etc. Symbolic speech (tinker, 1969: 1st amendment, constitution doesn"t talk about education. State constitutions do, but not federal: why is it relevant? b. i.