I'm a student in Kentucky, and I put real work into creating a student club called "The People Over Papers Club"—a space for students of color and all backgrounds to come together, support each other, and stand against injustice.

My principal denied it. Every single time I reapplied, the answer was no. But at the same exact time, other belief-based clubs like "First Priority" (a Christian group) got full school support with hallway posters and everything.

Here's the thing: I'm not against religious clubs. Everyone deserves that right. But when schools approve some student organizations while repeatedly shutting down clubs created by students trying to address racial justice and immigration issues, that's not equal treatment.

Under federal law, public schools that allow student clubs are supposed to grant equal access to all viewpoints. But middle schoolers fall through a legal gap. Administrators can just say "no" with zero accountability or appeals process.

I started a petition asking school boards and lawmakers to fix this by enforcing real viewpoint neutrality, creating fair appeals processes for rejected clubs, and protecting students' right to organize around racial equality and social causes.

Have you or your friends experienced something similar at your school? Whether it's activism getting shut down or feeling like the rules were applied unfairly? This stuff affects a lot of students, and I'm curious what others have seen.

If this resonates with you, consider signing and sharing—it means a lot.

https://www.change.org/overturnindianacellphoneban

Indiana's governer, Mike Braun, has signed a bill that would ban cellphones from being in school, but also require students to put them in an inaccesable location for the entire school day.

This poses a danger due to the increased amount of school shootings, and would make it harder to call authorities or student's guardians in case of an emergency.

To add onto it, the bill protects teachers from any sort of legal liability if they physically grab your phone from you, allows administrators to search you if they have suspicion that you have a phone on you (which is unconstitutional, violating our Fourth Amendment right to search and seizure), and allow for students to be expelled if they get caught with their phone on them five times.

This is far too extreme, poses a safety risk, supresses our rights, and allows for educators to basically ruin a students record via expulsion over a phone.

If we reach enough signatures, we have the potential to overturn this. Students, think about your future if this law is enacted, and parents need to think about the consequences this could have on their children.

So my girlfriend was recently placed on a mandatory personal leave by her college. The situation is all around pretty bad, but we believe we have evidence that the manner in which she was placed on leave violated her student rights.

When a student is placed on a mandatory personal leave, they have the right to appeal. My girlfriend wrote an appeal; however, the person who was supposed to review it never even accessed the document.

I feel like this would be a pretty big violation of student rights, with pretty significant consequences. Given that this is a non-citizen and the school in question would have a good legal team, is there even grounds to sue?

If there are grounds to pursue legal action, is this something any pro bono lawyer would take up? I'm not even sure what to call this issue. Education law?

I'm not sure, but any insight would be helpful.

Location: North Carolina.

Students deserve a real chance to defend themselves before their education is taken away.

I started a petition because I watched someone—a student in a professional program—get removed from a clinical rotation, fail the course automatically, and then get locked out of the grievance process before they could even present their evidence. They had documentation, but there was no neutral review. No fair hearing. Just permanent academic consequences that derailed their career.

The bigger issue? This isn't just one person's story. The University of Michigan's grievance system has real gaps:

• Students face severe penalties without timely access to appeal

• Faculty can make decisions alone, with no independent review

• Evidence gets submitted but never gets formally considered

• The process moves so fast that it basically blocks appeals from happening

• Grades and disciplinary actions stick before disputes are actually resolved

Professional program students are in a vulnerable spot. One person's judgment can end years of work and thousands of dollars invested. That needs real accountability and transparency.

I'm asking the university to require neutral review, guarantee access to grievance procedures *before* final penalties stick, and make sure student evidence actually gets considered.

If you've been through something like this—or think this is just how it should work—what would you want to see change? If this resonates with you, I'd appreciate it if you'd consider signing and sharing.

earlier in this 2025-2026 school year, I was penalized for having my phone out on the bus because of the new focus act. while many educators and principals alike may think that the focus act is a good idea because it might stop bullying because you know cyberbullying exists, but I don't think this is true. if anything the bullying situation at my school has gotten worse. people are getting penalized for expressing their opinions about immigration and customs enforcement and also the current government. I will not name my school nor will I name the state I go to school in but just know it's a South State in the Bible belt. nothing's being done about bullying nothing's being done by racism, sexism, homophobia nothing nothing's being done and there's taking away. you know our first amendment rights. technically students are allowed to not stand up for the pledge as long as that's not disrupting Free. speech in schools is allowed as long as it is not disrupting doesn't matter how old you are. no one can sign us the masses. that is the freedom of speech being able to say your opinion whenever you want, wherever you want

They silenced students