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Celebrating the Tinker anniversary & its ties to Black history

February 24, 2022by TinkerTour Leave a comment

February 24th marks 53 years since the Supreme Court ruled in ‘Tinker’ that students “may not be confined to the expression of those sentiments that are officially approved.” (Tinker, 1969) Students, […]

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Mahanoy v BL: Student speech at Supreme Court

April 26, 2021by TinkerTour Leave a comment

Can students express their feelings about things-even that have to do with school- when they’re not in school?  Are there limits? How far should school officials reach into the lives […]

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Mighty times for student voices!

November 5, 2018by TinkerTour Leave a comment

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 […]

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Mighty young voices for mighty times!

February 2, 2017by TinkerTour Leave a comment

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 […]

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Washington State moves forward with bill protecting student media

February 4, 2016by TinkerTour Leave a comment

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 […]

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Thank You!

May 23, 2014by TinkerTour Leave a comment

                        More photos from the night here….

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On Tour: Oh Canada!

May 15, 2014by TinkerTour Leave a comment

So we began — and finished — the “Tinker World Tour” on the same day with a visit to Burnaby Mountain Secondary School, outside Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, organized by the Justice […]

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On Tour: Mountlake High School (Seattle)

May 10, 2014by TinkerTour Leave a comment

Talk about going out in style! The Washington Journalism Education Association, the Washington ACLU and Mountlake High School, in Mountlake, Wash., just north of Seattle, rolled out the red carpet for us May 1 […]

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Isidore Starr

May 9, 2014by TinkerTour Leave a comment

On Wednesday night in Seattle, as we neared the end of our national free speech and civics education “bus tour,” it was our deepest honor to have dinner and share stories […]

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On Tour: Green River Community College

May 9, 2014by TinkerTour Leave a comment

From Pullman, we boarded Ralph the free speech TinkerMobile for our final long trek and headed west —   saying goodbye to the Washington State University “Cougar Country” of Eastern Washington… […]

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