10 Things I Learned from the Case Studies

1. Students have very limited rights within the schools system and environment for their own safety and for the safety of others.
2. Funding can not be cut in order to shut down public schools. Education is a right that must be upheld.
3. Schools have the right to search students, even if personal belongings are being searched (as opposed to school property such as lockers). 
4. Affirmative action is no longer in effect in the state of California because the quota system only furthered inequality.
5. Saying the pledge of allegiance can not be forced because it infringes on a students right to free of religion. 
6. Public schools can not teach or impose religion on students.
7. Intelligent design can not be taught alone (without the teaching of evolution) because it imposes a certain religious belief that is not held by all people.
8. A school does not need any sort of warrant to search a students belongings and anything found is fair game.
9. Drug testing students for extracurricular activities is legal because it is a precautionary action that aims toward lowering drug use within the school. 
10. Race can not be a tiebreaker for students that are being admitted to schools.