According to the proposed policy, the Highlands Regional High School District “may exercise editorial control over the style and content of student expression in school-sponsored publications.” The proposed revision would also require publications to “foster a wholesome school spirit and support the best traditions of the school,” train students in journalism and “assist with the district’s public information program.”
Author: Anna Schiffbauer
Student journalists report newspaper at Drake University was vandalized for pregnancy center ad
Student journalists at a Des Moines university reported to campus police hundreds of copies of their newspaper were vandalized when somebody drenched them in water and scattered them outside the newspaper’s office on Thursday.
NSA denies claims it told Alabama school district to monitor students’ social media accounts
Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Casey Wardynski told a reporter with AL.com the district launched a secret program 18 months ago to monitor students’ social media sites.
Pa. Senate unanimously votes in favor of bill limiting public-records exemptions at ‘state-related’ universities
Members of the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that could require state-related universities to provide additional information to the public, bringing requirements closer in line with those of all other public agencies in the commonwealth.
New Jersey school district recommends communications officer as newspaper adviser, student journalists resist
At their Sept. 15 meeting, the school board was set to approve Nancy Tucker, the district’s communications officer, as the new adviser for the newspaper. The board decided to postpone the vote.
Playwickian adviser, student editor receive nationwide support following suspensions
Along with editorials in high school papers in
California and Missouri, and a silent show of solidarity at a high school in Texas, student editors in California have raised more than $1,100 in 24 hours to support the student newspaper at Neshaminy High School and its adviser.Playwickian adviser, student editor suspended for defying administrative orders with Redskins ban
Robert Copeland, the superintendent of Neshaminy School District, suspended adviser Tara Huber on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Maddy Buffardi, the newspaper’s opinion editor.
Chicago Public Schools failed to respond to public records requests in a 'timely manner,' lawsuit alleges
The Better Government Association, a non-profit government watchdog group, and the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV, filed the suit on Sept. 5 in Cook County Circuit Court after the school district “willfully and intentionally violated FOIA by failing to respond to FOIA Requests.”
N.H. student newspaper switches to online-only format after journalism program cut
The faculty adviser for Exeter High School’s student newspaper said he created the online-only format when the publication became an extracurricular activity and participation in the news organization declined. But the organization’s first plunge into the Web has largely been supported by the adviser and students.
Despite student petition, N.Y. art college declines to remove "Dolphin Rape Cave" photo
The image depicts three men dressed in dolphin costumes and two women in bras and underwear in a staged scene of sexual assault. The image is part of a rotating display at the School of Visual Arts that went up Sept. 2 and is scheduled to be taken down today.