Texas SB 12, which is usually referred to as Texas’ Parents’ Bill of Rights, took away many rights from Texas students in public schools. One of the major ways it damaged student rights was by allowing parents to opt their children out of receiving basic healthcare in schools, which is incredibly dangerous for them. However,…
Texas Senate Bill 12, often called Texas’ Parents Bill of Rights, reshaped the way public schools handle student health services by placing a new emphasis on parental authority. SB 12 was framed as a parental-rights measure, but its implementation has been far more complicated than its sponsors anticipated. School nurses, administrators, and even TEA officials…
Recently, a disturbing violation of Student Privacy has come to light. Seven families with children at McAdams High School in Attala County, Mississippi, have filed a federal lawsuit against the Attala County School District after an alleged strip search of students on February 10, 2026. According to the lawsuit and families’ attorneys, a school resource…
In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in Abington School District v. Schempp that it was unconstitutional for public schools to include mandatory Bible readings in the curriculum. This was true even if students could request to opt out, the Court reasoned, because a state endorsement of religion violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment….
Most people are familiar with the “school to prison pipeline,” the collection of systemic practices and policies that funnel young people directly from the public education system into the prison system. Many studies have been conducted and papers published about how marginalized young people are negatively impacted by this pipeline. Recent publications have gone even…
In different parts of the world, there is a growing attempt to solve education problems with simplistic and authoritarian measures. Among them, the prohibition of cell phone use in schools has been presented as a magic solution to inattention, low performance, and indiscipline. But this narrative ignores a fundamental truth: taking away rights does not…
In recent years, a growing number of states have taken legislative action to limit or prohibit student cellphone use during school hours. Florida’s law is among the most prominent examples, passing a statewide regulation in 2023 requiring public schools to ban student phone use during class time and to block access to social media on…
The Newsom-DeSantis debate was largely pointless. It involved Ron DeSantis who is running for president but trailing far behind the Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, and Gavin Newsom who has stated he doesn’t intend to run for president this election cycle but has been suggested as a potential replacement for Joe Biden if he chooses to…
As a high school student, I began to realize just how differently my female friends and I experienced school compared to our male peers. We faced discriminatory dress code enforcement that treated our bodies as “distractions,” and we were often left on our own to deal with sexual harassment that was downplayed as “jokes” or…
Reposted from My Unschooling Adventure with permission from the author. As much as I’d like to think otherwise, I haven’t fully recovered from school. Teachers treating me as superior to other students because of my test scores led me to conflate my worth with my achievements. Even now, I have a tendency to think of…
