by Jennifer Childress | Jul 1, 2020 | Legal Developments
This week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a cheerleader who was suspended for what was described as a “crude, rude, and juvenile” social media post. According to the appeals court, the student’s Snapchat was protected First Amendment speech that did...
by Andrea Payne | Feb 13, 2020 | Students
According to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, 115,676 public school students in Texas were reported to the U.S. Department of Education as homeless during 2018. Of those, 4,591 were unsheltered. “Unsheltered” is a euphemism for spending your...
by Jennifer Childress | Sep 25, 2019 | Events
Check out this video interview with Rachel Hinesly from our friends at NEDRP. Rachel is one of the amazing students who will be featured at the upcoming NEDRP “Student Connection” Conference in November. Rachel is a student who has benefited from the use...
by Jennifer Childress | May 21, 2019 | Ed311, Events
Meet Joe Beckman, one of the keynote speakers for our upcoming NEDRP Conference this fall! You can sign up for this conference via our website. As a Youth Motivator, Joe Beckman is on a mission to bring human connection back to schools. Currently, Beckman’s work takes...
by Jennifer Childress | Sep 6, 2018 | Education News, Just for Fun
The below is reprinted from Slate.com. Student activism is back in America’s schools. Young people mobilizing around gun safety and social-justice issues are heading back to school. We talk to Mary Beth Tinker, who took her fight for the right to protest at school all...
