Explain why the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court case was significant for public school students

It gave the right to student in the school free right to speech and opinion of the Vietnam war.

Explanation:

In 1969, The US Supreme Court presented The Tinker v. Des Moines case which involved The first Amendment freedom of speech in a school. the court confirmed the right of student's to willingly express a peaceful opinion on the Vietnam war, which saw a resistance from the school to regulate all types of expression by the students

The Majority of the populace believed that the decision of the Tinker v Des Moines case, would allow student to express their opinion of their First Amendment right in school, that included freedom of expression to the press or media.

However in 1988, the Court separately addressed the issue in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, and other cases that were more important to the school press than Tinker. v Des Moines