Narrates the experience of one high school newspaper faculty advisor and the furor surrounding the newspaper's publication of controversial stories. Describes the principal's letter of reprimand and the teacher's steps in response. Questions the principal's legal right to censor student publications. (HB)

Describes the community uproar over one high school newspaper's controversial article claiming that local police routinely violated Fourth Amendment rights of students by invading parties illegally. Outlines how a new editorial policy was devised for the newspaper. Argues that students must exercise press rights responsibly. Discusses how student…

Explains the meaning and relevance of the Supreme Court's 1988 decision, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, for schools. Considers possible effects among educators of this decision. Argues for schools fostering the maturity among students needed to publish responsibly while honoring First Amendment rights. (HB)

Presents four outcome-based student learning goals for school publications programs, as outlined by the Washington State Commission on Student Learning. Argues that schools desiring success in such an outcome-based publications project must allow for an environment respecting student rights and responsibilities. (HB)

Observes that the current discourse on the school-to-work transition pivots on career decision-making; two views of decision-making exist: one focusing on socially-structured pathways and one focusing on individual freedom to choose. Presents a new model that avoids the pitfalls of social determinism and views young people as completely free…

If college faculty and institutional commitments to academic integrity were to achieve a status similar to that of academic freedom, there could be a transformation of the intellectual community. Faculty must see academic integrity as a complement, not a challenge, to academic freedom; a closer affinity of the two may further energize both. (MSE)

The educational research literature suggests that student evaluation of faculty (SEF) infringes on instructional responsibilities of faculty by providing a control mechanism over curriculum, course content, grading, and teaching methodology. SEF also plays a role in attacks on tenure and is a threat to academic freedom. Commentary by Michael…

R. Haskell has suggested that the administrative practice of faculty evaluation by students is a threat to academic freedom. Whether or not this is so, it is, nevertheless, a bad practice because it undermines student faith in their teachers and can have adverse effects on teachers' practices. (SLD)

In considering the suspension of three Des Moines students for wearing armbands to protest the Vietnamese War, the U.S. Supreme Court held that public school officials' prohibition of student expression violates the First Amendment. This article reviews this landmark case, employing interviews with the plaintiffs' and district's lead counsels.…

Argues that students are being trained to believe that censorship of the press is a good idea. Shows, using two examples dealing with teenage pregnancies and gangs, how students can bring about real change in their school climate through their school newspaper--but only if it is a free press controlled by students, not the administration. (SR)

Reports on initiatives of the American Association of University Professors to reach out to graduate students and part-time professors and the association's increasing involvement in unionization battles. Notes plans to form partnerships with various groups, including the American Conference of Academic Deans and teaching assistant unions. The…

Discussion of censorship against books in public and school libraries focuses on intellectual freedom; First Amendment rights; and curriculum development to include lessons on the First Amendment. Offers suggestions for activities focusing on censorship and banned books. (LRW)

Discusses traditional Native American respect for self-determination, both for individuals and collectivities, and implications for defining intellectual sovereignty. Suggests that Native American studies must pursue an integrated holistic study of ancient American history from an indigenous perspective to counter distorted colonialist…

Reprints of two Harvard Educational Review articles from 1970, "The Adult Literacy Process in Cultural Action for Freedom" and "Cultural Action and Conscientization," highlight the importance of education to human rights. (SK)

Because some known gang members were wearing rosaries as gang symbols, a Texas school district told two students--who were not gang members--that they could not wear rosaries outside their shirts. A federal district court ruled (Chalifoux v. New Caney Independent School District) that the district's entire gang-apparel policy was void because of…