Seven out of 10 college students say that speech can be just as damaging as physical violence, according to a new survey from the Knight Foundation, a journalism and free speech nonprofit. The survey, ...

Towson University students and campus groups were among the most punished or investigated for free speech in the U.S. from 2020 through 2024, according to a report by the nonprofit Foundation for ...

Built-in screen readers improve the accessibility of texts and can help students achieve success in building higher-level literacy skills.

A recent federal appellate court decision in favor of a public high school student’s online, off-campus First Amendment speech rights reins in a school’s authority to police and punish offensive ...

The political right can set a tremendous example for young people by proving that they’re committed to the principle of free speech, full stop, no matter who is exercising it or what they are saying.

A Missouri junior high student is suing her school district after receiving a 180-day suspension (Getty Images). A case filed in Cape Girardeau County could have implications for students’ rights to ...

The authors write "In Leroy v. Livingston Manor Central School District, No. 24-1241, 2025 WL 3029421 (2d Cir. Oct. 30, 2025), the Second Circuit for the first time applied the First Amendment ...

When Gov. Greg Abbott calls for action in education, schools often respond. After conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination this month, two college students seen in viral videos who appeared ...

In his recently released book “Terms of Respect,” Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 presents a strong defense of free speech on college campuses. He locates the roots of ...

DC Larson, a writer, lives in Waterloo. 1969's Tinker v. Des Moines court ruling concerned three Iowa high school students who, in 1965, wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. School ...

When the idea of writing a biweekly column was pitched to me, I was asked to write about Pokemon Go and other interests I enjoy outside of working for the Mirror and the West High Street Subway ...