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Crime and Justice · Education · Politics

Is a MAGA hat disruptive to learning in school?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2019, 10:46 AM Feb 22, 2019
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A student in California is protesting her high school’s refusal to allow her to wear her MAGA hat. The news here, of course, is that the high school kids may actually be motivated by her complaint to read and study the U.S. Constitution. Read more →

Education

School rallies around autistic student turned away from formal dance

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2017, 12:25 PM Feb 21, 2017
5

In Pelham, N.H., a young man with autism was denied entry to the school’s a semi-formal dance because he wore a sweatshirt and sweatpants.

There’s a good reason he did. Read more →

Education

To go to prom, Osakis girls need to submit photos

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2017, 7:19 AM Feb 21, 2017
32

Osakis school officials now say they’re simply suggesting girls submit a photo of their prom dresses in advance, and that it’s not a requirement. Read more →

Girl takes a stand for shorts in school flap

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2014, 8:19 AM Jun 2, 2014
19

A Montreal girl has started a pushback against rules on what girls can wear in school after she was ordered to change the shorts she’d worn to school on a recent hot day.

Lindsey Stocker says she felt singled out. Why should she have to change the way she dresses? Why not discipline boys for their behavior instead? Read more →

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