How Schools Manipulates YOU to Do Weird Things

Three kids wore black armbands to school to protest a war. The school suspended them — and lost at the Supreme Court. A school leaked a student's private records, a jury handed him $1.2 million, and the Supreme Court took back every cent. For thirty years schools gave disabled kids an education barely above zero and called it legal. Your school can search your backpack, your locker, even your phone — no warrant, no parents, no proof. A 14-year-old cursed about cheerleading on Snapchat, off campus, on a Saturday — and got benched for a year. Schools can suspend you without telling you why or letting you say a word — and that's been illegal since 1975. A fifth-grader was harassed for five months, her mom reported it over and over, and the school did nothing. A 13-year-old honors student was strip-searched over a rumor about ibuprofen. They found nothing. Eight cases. Every victim was a child. The only reason schools still get away with it is that almost no student has ever heard these names. 00:00 Intro 00:25 Tinker v. Des Moines — free speech at school 02:05 FERPA — the privacy law you can't sue over 03:38 ADA & IDEA — Endrew F. and disabled students 05:37 New Jersey v. T.L.O. — when schools can search you 07:19 Mahanoy v. B.L. — your off-campus speech 09:07 Goss v. Lopez — due process & suspensions 10:15 Davis v. Monroe County — Title IX & harassment 11:53 Safford v. Redding — the strip search case DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational and entertainment purposes only. All cases discussed are matters of public record, based on published Supreme Court rulings and court filings. Nothing here is legal advice. #studentrights #lawsuit #supremecourt #knowyourrights #school