Stevenson censorship shows issues of empowering student expression
By Randy Swikle The censorship controversy at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill., shows the challenges facing those who...
Read MoreOpen forums for student expression? Let us recognize you
If you and your students attended the JEA/NSPA convention this past week in DC, you are aware of the courageous fight some teachers and...
Read MoreAnd the definition for ‘responsible’ is…
The JEAHELP list had a post last week that included a statement the Scholastic Press Rights Commission has been ready to address from more...
Read MoreScary days are becoming weeks and months
The principal of Timberland High School in Wentzville, Missouri, recently censored student articles on tattoos. Thursday, the St. Louis...
Read MoreCan the Elements of Journalism help replace prior review?
As we’ve tried to emphasize in the last several posts, prior review is not a valid or workable educational practice. It betrays the...
Read MoreMove over, Michael Myers. There’s a new slasher in town.
It really must be the season of the witch. The Student Press Law Center today tweeted yearbook censorship in a Summerville, Georgia, high...
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