Know Your Rights: Student Walkouts and Protest at School
Last updated: February 23, 2018 12:00 pm
If you’re a public school student, you don’t check your constitutional rights at the schoolhouse doors. But whether schools can punish you for speaking out depends on when, where, and how you decide to express yourself.
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