As high school publications move online, they’re facing stricter scrutiny from administrators who worry about the larger audiences online. Often, students wind up with less control online than they have in print.

It’s the only partnership of its kind — a law school, journalism school, and a scholastic press association all working together to teach high school students that they have rights, too.

Amid declining readership, both college and professional media outlets are finding a benefit to one-time partnerships that provide news they wouldn’t otherwise be able to give readers on their own.

When the Supreme Court’s ruling came down in January 1988, journalism educators feared the decision would make it more difficult for student journalists to produce good work without the threat of censorship. Now, 25 years later, many believe their worst fears — and more — have come true.

Debates about freedom of speech — and whether there should be limits placed on speech that offends, particularly religious speech — are playing out on college campuses across the country.

A wave of football programs introduced bans on injury reporting this season, threatening to revoke journalists’ credentials if they break the rules. For the most part, reporters are complying.

They can make arrests and often operate as any local police department does. But as student journalists have discovered, it’s not always easy to get campus police at private schools to grant access to their records.

A generation ago, Justice William Brennan warned the nation about the perils of heavy-handed school censorship.