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...
Leadership for students and teachers promoted by high school media programs
by Jess Young Newspaper and yearbook adviser Orange Glen High School, Escondido, Calif. “Graduated” JEA mentee A good teacher never takes the mouse. That was the mantra instilled in my by my high school journalism teacher, Gwen Bartlett. At the time, it was an annoying little chant that she called into our newspaper room, from...