PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Berkman, Richard TI - Students in Court: Free Speech and the Functions of Schooling in America AID - 10.17763/haer.40.4.4032070g57384307 DP - 1970 Dec 01 TA - Harvard Educational Review PG - 567--595 VI - 40 IP - 4 4099 - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/40/4/567.short 4100 - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/40/4/567.full SO - herp1970 Dec 01; 40 AB - American courts have perceived the political aim of American education and have generally accepted a traditional disciplinarian concept of educational purpose. The recent Tinker decision is a notable departure, however. After a discussion of the legal history, the author evaluates the Tinker decision and possible directions post-Tinker.