Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Introduction 4
Chronology 8
1 Education and the Constitution: An Overview Betsy Levin 11
2 Separate Accommodations for African American Students Are Not Equal The Supreme Court's Decision Earl Warren 22
3 A Participant in the Brown Case Assesses Its Legacy Personal Narrative Cheryl Brown Henderson 31
4 Prohibiting the Teaching of Evolution Is a Violation of the Establishment Clause The Supreme Court's Decision Abe Fortas 35
5 Teaching Creationism Is a Violation of the Constitution The Supreme Court's Decision William Brennan 44
6 Students Have Rights While at School The Supreme Court's Decision Abe Fortas 54
7 A Tinker Participant Argues That Students' First Amendment Rights Remain in Jeopardy Personal Narrative Mary Beth Tinker Stephen J. Wermiel 64
8 Public Schools Need Only Provide Adequate Educational Opportunities for Students with Disabilities The Supreme Court's Decision William Rehnquist 71
9 The Rowley Plaintiff Recalls Her Family's Struggle with Her Public School Personal Narrative Amy June Rowley 80
10 All Children Have a Right to an Education, Regardless of Their Immigration Status The Supreme Court's Decision Wiliam Brennan 87
11 School Administrators Have the Right to Edit the Content of Student Publications The Supreme Court's Decision Byron White 96
12 The Hazelwood Decision Resulted in a Loss of First Amendment Rights for Public School Students David Hudson 107
13 Title IX Guarantees That Pregnant Teens Have the Right to an Education Wendy C. Wolf 117
14 Pregnant Teens Are Still Not Welcome in the Classroom Allie Gottlieb 122
15 Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs Violate Teens' Rights American Civil Liberties Union 131
Organizations to Contact 140
For Further Reading 146
Index 149
