By Jacob Schramm, Staff Writer. In December 2020, Valerie Strauss of The Washington Post asked whether it was “fair to give kids regular A-F grades when nothing has been regular about the way they are living and learning since March [2020] and won’t be for some time?”[1] Earlier that year, the Pennsylvania (PA) […]
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Turmoil Over Transgender Bathroom Policy in Pittsburgh Area School District
By Alyssa Lazar, Staff Writer The Pine-Richland School District faces turmoil upon repeal of a transgender bathroom policy it practiced at the close of the 2015-2016 school year. Three high school students, represented by Kline & Specter, P.C., in Philadelphia and the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, inspired […]
Freedom of Speech in the Social Media Age
Freedom of Speech in the Social Media Age By: Kristin Hoffman The First Amendment protects our fundamental right to the freedom of speech. However, freedom of speech is not absolute and has limitations, student speech especially. The case law surrounding this issue points to an increasing trend of schools […]