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Actually we learned in our high school journalism classes that these protections are federal and based off of court cases. Part of our high-school journalism cu
by hn_user2 10y ago
Actually we learned in our high school journalism classes that these protections are federal and based off of court cases. Part of our high-school journalism curriculum was learning the court cases that protected our rights as high-school journalists from school administration interference.
Of course, a school intent on interfering with a newspaper is probably not going to make that part of the curriculum.
- jawns 10y agoYou may want to look at the Supreme Court case Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, which holds that school officials may censor articles in a student newspaper "so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns." That's a pretty broad latitude granted to administrators. There is a New Voices movement in multiple states to strengthen students' rights regarding school newspapers: http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/new_voices_campaign.php http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/new_voices_campaign...