townhall.com By Jordan Sekulow
Imagine being punished for letting students talk about freedom – on Constitution Day. That’s exactly what happened to our client, a history teacher who allowed a respectful, brief, and student-led discussion about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Instead of encouraging dialogue, school officials silenced her and labeled her a problem for promoting independent thought.
What makes this case so alarming is the message it sends to classrooms across America: Teachers who allow open discussion, risk their jobs. This teacher’s only “offense” was allowing her eighth graders to process current events and connect them to the First Amendment. For that, administrators placed a disciplinary memo in her file and ordered her to “shut down” any spontaneous discussion of undefined “controversial issues.”
The ACLJ sent a demand letter to Hawaii education officials on behalf of our client, outlining our objections to the disciplinary action…
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