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Rights at school

Speech, searches, and equal treatment for students in public schools.

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1. 1Your rights at schoolWhat students can generally say, wear, and refuse.Your rights at school: searches, phones, speech · 4 min
2. 2Free speech for studentsStudents keep free speech rights, with some school limits.First Amendment: Religion, speech, press, protest · 1 min
3. 3Posting onlineWhen schools can and cannot act on off-campus posts.Free speech and your rights when posting online · 3 min
4. 4School searchesSchools need less proof than police to search students.Fourth Amendment: Search and seizure · 1 min
5. 5Equal treatmentThe basis for ending racial segregation in public schools.Fourteenth Amendment: Citizenship and equal protection · 2 min