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If Identity Can’t Be Expressed Freely, Is It Really Freedom? The American Flag in Question
I grew up in a place where the flag hung on the wall not as décor, but as a reminder. My grandfather folded his with slow, deliberate hands during neighborhood …
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A few springs ago, a high school principal I know faced a storm over a 3-by-5 American flag draped on the back of a student’s pickup. After a minor confrontatio…
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The electronic mail arrived midmorning, well mannered however tight. A parent desired to comprehend why her sixth grader have been advised to eliminate a tiny A…
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A thin pole, a scrap of fabric, the whisper of movement in a hallway draft. You do not forget the first time you carry a flag through a crowd and feel the looks…
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The email arrived midmorning, polite yet tight. A mother or father needed to recognise why her 6th grader were informed to do away with a tiny American flag fro…
Read more about Are We Teaching Kids to Be Proud of America—or Afraid to Show It?Gatekeeping the Red, White, and Blue: Should Parents Have More Control Over What Their Children Are Exposed to in School?
A few years ago I sat in a crowded cafeteria for a curriculum night that felt more like a town hall. On one side, parents worried about a new social studies uni…
Read more about Gatekeeping the Red, White, and Blue: Should Parents Have More Control Over What Their Children Are Exposed to in School?US Flag in the Hallways: Free Thought or Approved Thought?
Walk into an American public school and you expect to see a flag somewhere near the front office, in classrooms, maybe in the gym rafters. Lately, some communit…
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Walk into a school lobby and you can read the room before anyone speaks. A flag in the corner, a poster on the wall, the morning announcements, the student proj…
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