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The Pledge of Allegiance in Oregon Public Schools

Many public schools in the United States ask students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Some students object to the practice for reasons of conscience. Both the Oregon Legislature and the courts have developed a common-sense solution to the conflict: a school may lead students in reciting the Pledge, but it must also respect the wishes of students who choose not to join in.

Oregon Department of Education Agrees to Release Discipline Data

April 27, 2011 – The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has agreed to annually release student discipline data, broken out by race, starting in 2012.

ACLU REPORT: Oregon’s School-to-Prison Pipeline

October 19, 2010 – Students have been back in Oregon classrooms for more than a month, but the anxiety of the beginning of the school year is not over for many students of color and their families. A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon shows that African American, Latino and Native American students are subjected to harsher discipline than their white peers in Oregon.

Evaluating hate speech codes - Editorial in the Lewis & Clark Pioneer Log

Evaluating Hate Speech Codes

By Sanne Steinstra

Published in the Lewis & Clark Pioneer Log October 2009

High School GSA Story

A Story of Brave and Resourceful High-Schoolers in Oregon
by Jim Moore

Your Right to Free Expression

What does freedom of expression really mean?

The First Amendment guarantees our right to free expression and free association, which means that the government does not have

Endangered Books

Some people don’t want you to read these books. Why not check one out and decide for yourself?

Just for Youth

Youth - Your Rights and Responsibilities
You don’t have to do what everyone else in school is doing just because it may be popular, or cool, or "normal." You’re not a sheep; you’re not a mindless part of a flock. You are an individual, with individual rights and responsibilities.

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The Pledge of Allegiance in Oregon Public Schools

Oregon Department of Education Agrees to Release Discipline Data

ACLU REPORT: Oregon’s School-to-Prison Pipeline

Evaluating hate speech codes - Editorial in the Lewis & Clark Pioneer Log

Evaluating Hate Speech Codes

High School GSA Story

Your Right to Free Expression

Endangered Books

Just for Youth

Student Groups

Phillips v. Kidsports

Barcik, Kasten, et al. v. Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J

Acton v. Vernonia School District 47J