Tinker Turns 50
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Tinker ruling and youth First Amendment rights! RSVP for the live stream event on Friday, February 22nd, 12:00-1:30 pm central time, hosted by the […]
Mighty times for student voices!
What a time it is for our country, our democracy and our world. A time of great sadness, but also of great hope, as young people use their rights to […]
Student Voices, Student Action!
What mighty times we are in! With the horrible school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas on February 14th, and after years of daily news reports of kids being shot and […]
Mighty young voices for mighty times!
With all the history being made lately, it’s great to meet students who are part of it….. Some are marching… Some are standing up….. And others are making projects for […]
Spring is for students’ rights!
How old should a student have to be to vote for the next president? What about the next president of the school board? Should more money go to school budgets? […]
Washington State moves forward with bill protecting student media
A Washington State Senate committee voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would give students at both public high schools and colleges in the state the right to exercise freedom of speech and […]
What A Difference 50 Years -& A Supreme Court Victory- Makes!
Great things are going on in the Des Moines schools. Music, drama, poetry, art, debate, journalism… with so many student voices coming alive. We celebrated them in December, as part […]
Press Release: Tinker Tour Heads to Des Moines, Iowa For 50th Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2015 Events Planned in Des Moines, Iowa, Schools to Mark 50th Anniversary of “Tinker” Black Armband Events A week of events in the […]
Why students need a voice… & a vote…
I hate to see students’ rights violated But I’ve seen it too often- in my job as a nurse, on the news, and in schools. And, I’ve seen how […]
New school year, new students take a stand!
It was a great week in Boston visiting Cambridge Rindge and Latin HS, Graham and Parks Elementary, education students at Tufts University, law students at Suffolk Law and journalism students […]
