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Sep 15, 2023

On the Frontlines of the Fight Against Classroom Censorship

A coordinated attack on the First Amendment is happening at schools and universities across the country as state legislators silence the voices of marginalized students and make teachers’ jobs impossible.
A coordinated attack on the First Amendment is happening at schools and universities across the country as state legislators silence the voices of marginalized students and make teachers’ jobs impossible.
Right To Learn illustration featuring a a teacher with a piece of chalk that has vines, a globe, animals and numbers springing from it in front of children's faces.
Right To Learn illustration featuring a a teacher with a piece of chalk that has vines, a globe, animals and numbers springing from it in front of children's faces.
Sep 13, 2023

How Our Affiliates are Fighting for Education Equity

ACLU affiliates are challenging discriminatory discipline policies, censorship efforts, and the use of force in schools across the country.
ACLU affiliates are challenging discriminatory discipline policies, censorship efforts, and the use of force in schools across the country.
Students raising their hands in a classroom.
Students raising their hands in a classroom.
Sep 8, 2023

Protecting Free Speech and the Right to Learn in Florida

A student and teacher who are fighting against classroom censorship share their stories.
A student and teacher who are fighting against classroom censorship share their stories.
A close-up of Dr. Dana Thompson Dorsey.
A close-up of Dr. Dana Thompson Dorsey.
Sep 7, 2023

What the Fight Against Classroom Censorship is Really About

As a former high school teacher and lawyer, I’ve seen what we stand to lose as a nation if we don’t stop classroom censorship.
As a former high school teacher and lawyer, I’ve seen what we stand to lose as a nation if we don’t stop classroom censorship.
High school students march in protest of the district's ban of critical race theory curriculum at Patricia H. Birdsall Sports Park in Temecula, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.
High school students march in protest of the district's ban of critical race theory curriculum at Patricia H. Birdsall Sports Park in Temecula, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.
Sep 6, 2023

Why Access to Education is Key to Systemic Equality

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.
Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.
A professor holding a lecture to a group of students.
A professor holding a lecture to a group of students.
Sep 5, 2023

Back-to-School Basics: Public Schools Are Not Sunday Schools

No matter what state law may say, school staff can’t impose religion on students.
No matter what state law may say, school staff can’t impose religion on students.
Middle school students raising hands to answer teacher.
Middle school students raising hands to answer teacher.