Prom attire is still being debated
Once again, we’re into prom season across the country. Many schools have dress codes for students attending these events. We’ve
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Find out more about youth rights concerning school dress codes. Students have First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and expression. When are these rights violated by dress codes?
Teen succeeds in fight for religious freedom in the workplace
In 2008, 17-year-old Samantha Elauf of Tulsa, Oklahoma, interviewed for a job at clothing store Abercrombie & Fitch. Samantha is
10 Back to School Laws Every Student Should Know
It’s back to school season, so we’ve compiled a list of laws that every student should know about. We hear
8-year-old girl not girly enough for school
Sunnie Kahle likes her hair short and wears jeans and t-shirts to school. She likes to shoot her BB gun and
Is it legal for a school to have a rule about hair length for male athletes and none for girls?
We have written previously on the subject of school rules concerning hair and thought the issue was settled years ago. However,
What a “dread”ful story
We have written many times about dress codes at school. Most elementary, middle and high schools across the country have
Can you get in trouble for cross dressing at school?
In recent years, school dress codes have come under attack while students cross dressing at school, girls wearing tuxes and boys
Teen arrested for wearing an NRA T-shirt
Jared Marcum is 14 and a student at a middle school in West Virginia. His school district has a dress code
Romney T-shirt offends teacher
It is common for many schools to allow Fridays to be dress-down or casual days where the dress code is
Protesting a dress code by shunning the uniform
What better way to protest a school’s uniform than refusing to wear it? That’s what two students at an elementary