Tinker Tour puts a face on landmark Supreme Court decision regarding student First Amendment rights
by Linda Barrington JEA Mentor Committee co-chair JEA Wisconsin mentor High school students met Mary Beth Tinker, one of the three people who filed the lawsuit resulting in the Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Supreme Court decision, affirming students’ First Amendment right to express their opinions in school. These student journalists hadn’t yet been born...
25th anniversary of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier ruling inspires efforts to promote student journalists’ First Amendment rights
[Editor’s note: The Journalism Education Association Board is voting on a motion to support the AEJMC Resolution discussed in this post. The deadline for voting is April 16.] by Don Corrigan Professor, Webster University AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division member This year marks a sad anniversary year for high school newspaper advisers and their students. For 25...
Mentoring Monday: Mentor guides discussion of newspaper staff, adviser and administrators on student press rights and professional responsibility
By Konnie Krilslock California Mentor Returning to the Laguna Beach High School journalism classroom two years after completing my assignment as mentor to adviser James Brusky, I noticed little had changed. The small staff was enthusiastic and engaged, the bulletin boards were papered with more than three years of laminated Brush & Palette front pages...