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National Punctuation Day: Commas combat censorship

Posted by on Sep 24, 2009 in Blog, Hazelwood, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

It may not seem like National Punctuation Day has much to do with press rights, but before dismissing it as just a lot of dots and dashes...

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What is your school doing for Constitution Day?

Posted by on Sep 16, 2009 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

What is your school doing for federally-mandated Constitution Day tomorrow? Take a little time and use the comments below to give a shout...

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How would you vote?

Posted by on Sep 13, 2009 in Blog, Hazelwood, Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

Along with an article reporting on censorship of a student newspaper at the Orange County School of the Arts, the Orange County Register...

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Digging for our credibility

Posted by on Sep 7, 2009 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

In the ongoing discussion on the Obama education speech, one JEA member suggested the press provided too much of a platform for fringe...

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A Great Time of Reflection: two issues for discussion and reporting by student journalists

Posted by on Sep 5, 2009 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

Two events are drawing a lot of commentary this week. They are also great starting points for classroom discussion and student media...

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Parents are the keys to saving J-programs

Posted by on Sep 3, 2009 in Law and Ethics, News, Scholastic Journalism, Teaching | 0 comments

On Aug. 27th, I talked about the learning that is lost when J-programs are cancelled.  But how do we save them or get them reinstated?  ...

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