P/EC/11. Exercising Freedom of Speech in Public Education

The paper dwells on the legal issues related to the sphere of public education, namely, the way high school students are exercising their First Amendment Rights. This is mostly related to protests against war, and issues of national concern, for example, high-stakes standardized testing. The paper shows that though the outcomes of these protests demonstrate that students rights are often dealt with subjectively by school administrations, students are not deterred from protesting despite possible negative outcomes. The author concludes that students exercising their freedoms have to face school administrations exercising their authorities.