case-law in education

Safeguarding Constitutional Rights in Schools

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Reforms in the education system in line with the schools ' role in safeguarding equal protection ' and due process ' have been due to landmark cases Brown v . Board of Education (1954 ) and Tinker v . Des Moines School District (1969 . Brown v . Board of Education dealt with the issue of equal protection and racism in educational settings and led to

the mandated integration of the public school system . Black students from four states petitioned to be admitted to white-populated schools and were denied on the basis of separate but equal ' policy . In 1954 the Supreme Court overturned this policy and declared that racial segregation violated equal protection and is detrimental to a child 's education because a sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn " As a result of this ruling , the existing system of racial segregation in schools became illegal and led to a constitutionally-pronounced integration policy in the public schools (Lagemann Miller , 1996 . Tinker v . Des Moines School District highlighted the extent to which the school can prohibit free speech and freedom of expression . This case involved 17 public school pupils who were suspended for wearing armbands in protest of the Vietnam War despite the school 's prohibition . The Supreme Court ruled that the suspension violated the First and Fourteenth Amendment because...