Education in Democracy: The Importance of Free Speech in American Public Schools

"Education in Democracy argues for the importance of the free speech of junior high school and high school students. Ronald Den Otter contends that US Supreme Court jurisprudence lacks consistency and clarity on this matter, tending to restrict this freedom and give school officials almost complete control, as in Justice Clarence Thomas's concurrence in Morse v. Frederick. Den Otter argues instead for a stricter version of the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District substantial disruption test, proposing that public junior high and high school students should be treated the same as students at public universities"-- Provided by publisher.