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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I do think that the judge was correct in barring teachers from wearing buttons. If the teachers are asked and engaged in conversation with students, I'm all for those kinds of teachable moments, but to have a button is no different than a student wearing some sort of slogan which I believe is disallowed in most schools.
What do you think?
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Students around these parts are allowed to wear political t-shirts. I had several that got heavy rotation during election season. The only rule is that if your school is a polling place, you cannot wear your t-shirt within x number of feet from the polling place, so it's best to just not wear it on Election Day. Otherwise, it's fair game. I also wore a couple of Planned Parenthood t-shirts in regards to abortion rights during my high school days.
But I believe that teachers should set politics aside when it comes to the classroom. Growing up, political signs were always my mom's signs--as an educator, Dad wouldn't advertise his politics. He believed it got in the way of doing what he was there to do--help kids learn.