We had a fantastic day at Warren Harding Junior High School Tuesday, and loved Mary Beth’s locker dedication – what an honor! And to make the dedication even better, the […]

Though they were suspended in 1965, John and Mary Beth were welcomed back warmly to the Des Moines Public Schools today. They posed for a photo with Superintendent Thomas Ahart… […]

Student speech attorney Mike Hiestand with Dan Johnston, lawyer for the Tinkers in their case before the US Supreme Court. They met during the Tinker Tour stop at the First […]

We started out week nine in Connecticut on Tuesday, with a stop at Horace C. Wilcox Regional Technical School in the morning, and a stop at Quinnipiac University School of […]

(Photo credit: Neil Ralston) Tinker Tour, November 15, 2013. Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association National Conference Boston, Massachusetts

It’s a gorgeous morning in Boston.

We’ve had an AWESOME day at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association National Convention in Boston. We met students working for great causes… …and hope the students who showed […]

After a beautiful snowy morning, we spent yesterday in Connecticut, first at Horace C. Wilcox Regional Technical School in Meriden… …and then at the Quinnipiac University School of Law in […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  November 12, 2013 Des Moines Schools to Host U.S. Supreme Court Plaintiffs Mary Beth and John Tinker  Almost 50 years after being suspended for wearing black armbands […]

It’s been an historical, inspirational and moving Week Number Eight for Mike and Mary Beth. From Athens, Georgia… …to Tuscaloosa & Birmingham, Alabama… …to Washington, DC… …Mike and Mary Beth […]