Court Backs First-Grader in Suit Over School Reaction to 'Any Life' Matters Drawing

Now, the 9th Circuit has weighed in and reversed course. "We hold that elementary students' speech is protected by the First ...
Hoodline

OC First Grader’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Drawing Sparks Free Speech Debate

In Mission Viejo, a crayon drawing has turned into a full-fledged First Amendment fight, after a federal appeals panel ruled ...
Reason

California School Punishes First-Grader for a Drawing, Sparking Federal Lawsuit

A California first-grader was punished for a drawing she made at school, resulting in a federal lawsuit that probes whether the First Amendment extends to the first-grade classroom. B.B. then gave the ...

First grade student disciplined over Black Lives Matter drawing does have free speech rights, court rules

Federal appeals court rules elementary students have First Amendment protections, reviving a lawsuit over a first grader's ...
Courthouse News Service

Ninth Circuit revives first grader’s free speech case over ‘Black Lives Matter’ drawing

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit brought by the mother of a Southern California first grader who was disciplined after giving a racially themed drawing to a classmate, ruling that ...
Education Week

Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Over 1st Grader’s Black Lives Matter Drawing

A federal appeals court has revived the First Amendment lawsuit of a California 1st grader who alleges she was punished for ...
WGAL

Lancaster County high schoolers bring elementary students' bird drawings to life

EXPLAIN. OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BIRDS TODAY. ALL RIGHT. AT PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE TRUE IMPACT OF THESE LITTLE STUFFED BIRDS IS PROBABLY FLYING OVER THESE STUDENTS ...