Are Students Canaries in the Free-Speech Coal Mine?
mtrose | 31 May, 2008 01:23
From the First Amendment Center:
After 12 years of censorship and regimentation, many high school students
will graduate this spring with little or no idea about what it means to be a
free, active and engaged citizen in a democracy.
When they march across the stage to get their diploma, let’s hope someone
slips them a copy of the First Amendment — with instructions on how to use
it.
Far too many public school officials are afraid of freedom and avoid anything
that looks like democracy. Under the heading of “safety and discipline,”
administrators censor student religious and political speech, shut down student
newspapers and limit student government to discussions about decorations at the
prom.
Freedom, USA |
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