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Oregon Department of Education Agrees to Release Discipline Data

April 27, 2011 – The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has agreed to annually release student discipline data, broken out by race, starting in 2012.

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ACLU REPORT: Oregon’s School-to-Prison Pipeline

October 19, 2010 – Students have been back in Oregon classrooms for more than a month, but the anxiety of the beginning of the school year is not over for many students of color and their families.  A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon shows that African American, Latino and Native American students are subjected to harsher discipline than their white peers in Oregon.

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Evaluating hate speech codes - Editorial in the Lewis & Clark Pioneer Log

hate speechEvaluating Hate Speech Codes

By Sanne Steinstra

Published in the Lewis & Clark Pioneer Log October 2009

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High School GSA Story

A Story of Brave and Resourceful High-Schoolers in Oregon
by Jim Moore

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Endangered Books

Some people don’t want you to read these books. Why not check one out and decide for yourself?

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Just for Youth

Youth - Your Rights and Responsibilities
You don’t have to do what everyone else in school is doing just because it may be popular, or cool, or "normal." You’re not a sheep; you’re not a mindless part of a flock. You are an individual, with individual rights and responsibilities.

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Student Groups

Across the nation, students are taking action on campus and in their communities to protect their freedoms. They are defending against censorship, religious discrimination and the USA Patriot Act.

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Phillips v. Kidsports

Faces of Liberty: Baseball Isn't Just for Boys

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Barcik, Kasten, et al. v. Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J

Faces of Liberty: Students Fight Against Censorship of School Newspaper

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Acton v. Vernonia School District 47J

Faces of Liberty: Student Challenges School's Drug Testing Policy

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