In 1988, in the Hazelwood decision, the United States Supreme Court said that school administrators could regulate the content of student publications in public schools, but only if the restrictions served an educational purpose.
A public school principal in Minnesota won't even allow "Season's Greetings" to be used in school publications.
Modern societies frown on any aspect that treats anyone as a second-class citizen .Mr McGuinness has already alarmed those whose priority is high standards in schools by last week ending the publication of school performance league tables, apparently without even consulting the assembly's education committee.
That stigma began to be significant only with the widespread publication of school league tables in the 90s.
Government initiatives such as the publication of school exam results and, no doubt, research such as Mr Dorling's and articles like this one, only make the well-off more determined to steer clear of the abyss.
As a mother she was passionate about the right of parents to be able to lift the curtain of the often secret world of education, which is why she strongly advocated the publication of school results.
The zeal for reform on the part of such educators as Ratke and Comenius, on the one hand, and the interests of the ruling classes, on the other, led in the years after about 1650 to the publication of school regulations that were free of church regulations.
How will the boycott affect the publication of school league tables?
The BBC News website looks at key questions about the publication of school performance data in England.
The company originally grew out of an idea founder and CEO Melanie Perkins had developed for a previous business involving the online publication of school yearbooks.
After its publication, the school suspended fraternity and sorority activities and enacted more safety measures, and Governor Terry McAuliffe urged a review of policies at the school.
