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Within 1969, the United States federal courts ruled that, "Students do not shed their constitutional rights... at the schoolhouse gate" in the famed student rights instance of Tinker v. Des Moines. Student rights that come typically violated include protections against search and seizure, freedom of speech and expression (through Internet censorship, privacy invasion and required school uniforms), zero tolerance and corporal punishment policies which impact due process.
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Coalition for Student and Academic Rights (CO-STAR) Offers free and subsidized legal advocacy and counseling to students and professors who have problems concerning their constitutional rights or their academic freedom. Oblivion E-Zine has the latest news in the battle for student rights. Sells related merchandise. Suppressed Students United (SSU) Unites students in fighting for the advancement of student rights. Student Press Law Center Advocate for student free-press rights. Legal information for student journalists and educators in such areas as censorship, libel, copyright, and freedom of information. United States Student Association (USSA) Tracks and lobbies federal legislation and policy, organizes students, and trains them to win concrete victories on their campuses. Students For Academic Freedom (SAF) The Students for Academic Freedom Information Center is a clearing house and communications center for a national coalition of student organizations. School Survival Articles, message boards, methods of protest, and things to do during class. Education Not for Sale Campaigning for a united student left, an activist NUS, and for free education |
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