No Political Buttons Allowed for Teachers if DOE desire

The Department of Education has the right to bar teachers from wearing political campaign buttons in school, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterday.

The ruling by Justice Lewis Kaplan came in response to a lawsuit filed by the United Federation of Teachers seeking to squash a longstanding button ban that had only recently been enforced.

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Schools Chancellor Joel Klein launched the crackdown after the teachers' union handed out thousands of "Obama-Biden" buttons to its members.