Stevenson board claims Statesman not a public forum; the censorship beat continues
According to Lincolnshire, Il, Board of Education president Bruce Lubin at a board of education meeting Dec. 17, the Statesman, a focal...
Read MoreCan we tell which Tweets are news and which are views? Should we be able to?
Let’s play Devil’s Advocate. Let’s start with the premise that scholastic media’s use of Twitter can cause...
Read MoreCalifornia court rules for student in Cyberbullying decision
For now, at least, school officials lost another round in the battle over punishing students for outside school use of the Internet and...
Read MoreStevenson 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 MoreGive yourself the gift of time…for learning
“You can’t teach what you don’t know.” It’s something my friend and mentor Tony Willis used to say, and I...
Read MoreAn open discussion about online ethics. Please join in.
As more student media embrace what some call the “fifth estate” – new and social media – as part of their way to keep their audiences...
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