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In wanting to expel a student responsible for a shooting scare, Philadelphia school district misses an opportunity to foster conversation
School officials in Pennsylvania have suspended, and are seeking to expel, a student for posting a video mash-up with the song "Pumped Up Kicks."
New Voices bill reintroduced in Washington state legislature
After their efforts fizzled out at the end of the 2016 legislative session, legislators in Washington state on Tuesday reintroduced a bill that would provide greater protection for both high school and college journalists.
Missouri’s New Voices movement resumes with a new bill
Press freedom advocates in Missouri are taking another shot at protecting the state’s student journalists. State Rep. Kevin Corlew, R-Kansas City, introduced a revamped version of the Cronkite New Voices Act on Jan. 5.
New Voices legislation launched in Indiana
The New Voices campaign is sprinting off the block this year with the first anti-Hazelwood legislation of 2017 being filed in Indiana.
Election Day 2016: I Wish It Was a Dream
On Election Day 2016 I had the privilege of working as a reporter for the Howard University News Service. My classmates and I were each responsible to produce at least one audio or video news package to be featured online. The stories were to be completed within a two-hour turnaround. I was assigned to cover a… Continue reading Election Day 2016: I Wish It Was a Dream
Should students be warned when a classmate is facing criminal charges?
Before school and college officials can give notice that a potentially dangerous person is enrolled, they have to be aware themselves. But there's no standard protocol for notifying schools or college when one of their students is accused of a crime.
A (rare) faithful reading of FERPA: Court says federal privacy law doesn't penalize one-time release of records
A Connecticut college student claims he was railroaded by a campus disciplinary board that expelled him for remarks about guns that he claimed were jokes. A judge threw out his claims -- but agreed that FERPA confidentiality should not have limited his access to key eyewitness statements.
Nothing “private” about this high-profile walkout by Minnesota athletes
The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers came within hours of becoming the first football team ever to boycott a postseason bowl game in protest of the disciplinary suspensions of 10 teammates. Players criticized the university’s lack of transparency and communication – “under the cover of student privacy,” as a team spokesman put it – in… Continue reading Nothing “private” about this high-profile walkout by Minnesota athletes
Unhappy trails for a once-feisty Wyoming watchdog that's been neutered
After years in the crosshairs of image-sensitive college administrators, Northwest College's newspaper falls victim to budget cuts, leaving behind lingering suspicions of the college's true motives.