Free Speech, Schools, and Children | Jimmy Mullen

<p>Former Brain in a Vat producer Jimmy Mullen returns to discuss free speech in schools, exploring how educational institutions should balance student expression with their responsibility to maintain an environment conducive to learning.</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing on constitutional law and landmark cases on student free speech, the conversation explores viewpoint neutrality, the role of political disagreement in education, and the limits of school authority.</p><p><br></p><p>It ultimately considers how schools can prepare children to think independently while participating in a democratic society.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>[00:00] Two Cases of School Censorship</p><p>[05:00] Tinker v. Des Moines</p><p>[10:25] The Case for Apolitical Schools</p><p>[16:10] Education or Indoctrination?</p><p>[23:07] The Culture of Self-Censorship</p><p>[26:01] Student Speech After Tinker v. Des Moines</p><p>[30:33] The Anarchist Challenge</p><p>[38:59] Learning Through Disagreement</p><p>[43:14] Schools as Democratic Training Grounds</p><p>[49:56] Public and Private Schools</p><p>[55:24] The Coddling of the American Mind</p>