A woman wearing a hijab stands outside the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., on October 11. After a student accused a teacher of pulling off her hijab at school, the Council on American ...

Tamar Herman, a teacher in the South Orange-Maplewood School District, says in court papers her life was ruined when the accusations led to a national shaming. She denies ever pulling a hijab off ...

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — A second grade teacher accused of pulling a hijab from the head of a student in October will not face criminal charges, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday.

The South Orange-Maplewood School District is investigating a claim that a teacher at Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood removed the hijab of a second grade student, the district said in a ...