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Adell Larraine Cueva
Corpus Christi, TX
Favorite Freedom: Speech
To help educators create high-functioning democratic learning communities, the Five Freedoms Project provides an actionable framework for school leadership, based on four overlapping themes. Click on each of the themes below for action steps and resources:
Religious Liberty. Speech. Press. Assembly. Petition.
Reflect. Connect. Create. Equip. Let Come.
Knowledge. Commitment. Habits. Aspirations. Actions.
Achievement. Balance. Climate. Democratic Practices. Equity.
You Be The Judge
Can a school bar a student from giving a religiously themed graduation speech?
Two students were selected to give the invocation and valedictorian graduation speeches at their high school. The district had a policy of reviewing the speeches. During this review process, the school informed the students that their messages were too sectarian and proselytizing.
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Rob Williams
Visionary School Principal
An elementary school principal in Modesto, California, Rob Williams knows what it means to take the First Amendment seriously in a school setting. As a member of the Five Freedoms
Project's inaugural class of Leadership Fellows, Rob hopes to help other administrators strike a better organizational balance between individual freedom and group structure.
