WorksheetsRights of Expression Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the case of Pickering v. Board, it was ruled that teachers have the right to speak about...
a)
personnel decisions
b)
school board members
c)
matters of public concern
d)
their political beliefs
2.
In Tinker v. DeMoines, the court ruled in favor of students who wanted to protest the war in Vietnam by wearing black armbands because...
a)
the school had no evidence disruption had taken place.
b)
students always have the right to protest.
c)
students have the right of free speech even if it is disruptive.
d)
not all student protesters were suspended, only the secondary students
3.
The Mt. Healthy test consists of how many parts?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
Which statement is NOT one of the parts of the Mt. Healthy test?
a)
the employee must show that exercise of free speech is constitutionally protected
b)
any sanction imposed for the exercise of protected First Amendment conduct must be viewed as having a chilling effect on speech and the rights of teachers to engage in those activities
c)
the employee must show that the exercise of free speech played a substantial role in a negative employment decision.
d)
even when free speech does play a role in a negative employment decision, the governing board still can prevail if it can show the existence of job-related deficiencies unrelated to the exercise of the protected right.
5.
Which court case established that "the governing board can confine the discussion to school business, but it cannot restrict speech within that category without a compelling interest for doing so."
a)
Pickering v. Board of Education
b)
Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
c)
Montalvo v. Madera Unified
d)
Baca v. Moreno Valley Unified School District
6.
California Student Free Expression Law prohibits speech that is ...
a)
political
b)
slanderous
c)
controversial
d)
rude
7.
Bullying, including by electronic means, against a school employee or student is now a suspendable or expellable offense in California.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
8.
"Loco parentis" means...
a)
parents who are crazy
b)
teachers have the right to control students at school
c)
parents retain rights to control students even at school
d)
students who are driven crazy by their parents
9.
When did the U.S. Supreme Court advise that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech at the schoolhouse gate.”?
a)
1960
b)
1965
c)
1969
d)
1970
10.
In the case of Montalvo v. Madera Unified School District, the court ruled that schools _________ justify controlling the length and style of hair permitted at school.
a)
could
b)
could not
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