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 ...

Eager to support a Muslim student’s effort to dispel stereotypes, teachers at a public high school in Rochester, N.Y., last week helped non-Muslim students try on a hijab for a day.

Dozens of students walked out of class at Lake Braddock Secondary School Friday. It was a protest in support of a teacher who was disciplined after a student claimed he pulled off her hijab ...

The outrage swept social media Friday over allegations that a Maplewood teacher had pulled a hijab from the head of a second-grade student. For Muslim families, it wouldn't be the first time ...

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.

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 ...

The substitute teacher fired for ripping a hijab from the head of an 8-year-old Muslim girl has been arrested, police said. Oghenetega Edah turned himself in to cops at the 45th Precinct in the Bro… ...

Essex County; Teacher denies pulling hijab off Muslim student’s head, says she was ‘gently’ trying to get her attention. Published: ; Oct. 21, 2021, 12:22 p.m.

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. -- A New Jersey family is expressing outrage after they say a teacher pulled the hijab off the head of a 7-year old Muslim girl. The mother of Sumayyah Wyatt's mother, Cassandra ...

Tech teacher Lesmond Saunders was put on leave after a student posted on Twitter that he had pulled off her hijab. The girl wrote that he came from behind and "ripped off" her hijab.