Teachers Tackle Student Walkouts

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PASADENA - Rumors of school walkouts throughout the Southland last Thursday provided a real-time backdrop for educators gathered in Pasadena to discuss where students' rights begin - and where they end.

While few students in Los Angeles County actually made it out the doors to protest the nation's military presence in Iraq with the "World Can't Wait" organization, the threat, along with memories of large-scale walkouts earlier this year, prompted educators to examine both their obligation to keep students safe and their legal duty to avoid treading on their charges' freedom of expression.

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Teachers Tackle Student Walkouts

"It's a balancing act - maintaining the instructional program while supporting the First Amendment," Los Ang...

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