"Not only were they presenting a lot of political material themselves, but they were presenting it as truth. They brought up issues like racial issues, they had LGBTQ rights, immigration... To [the pro-life poem] they said, 'Sorry, no, this is too political, and we are not gonna allow it.'"

A 7th-grade student whose original slam poem was barred from a classroom presentation. The assignment required students to address a real-world conflict they were passionate about.