And the number keeps growing
As much as we don’t want to see it or accept it, the number of student media being restrained grows rapidly. For instance: • In Boonville, Mo, the superintendent stopped distribution of The Pirate...
View ArticleFor those who support prior review…
… When will it end? At least three more recent situations should make one think about the educational validity of prior review: • One, in Missouri, concerns a story on tattoos. It also led to students...
View ArticleScary days are becoming weeks and months
The principal of Timberland High School in Wentzville, Missouri, recently censored student articles on tattoos. Thursday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch posted an article about the censorship. Quickly,...
View ArticleMissouri SB54 a slap at teacher professionalism
by Matt Schott A slap in the face. And an unexpected one at that. When I first read SB54, that was my reaction. And not a slap to my First Amendment rights, either, though I believe those rights are...
View ArticleStanding up for what is right in Missouri: stopping SB54
So, Friday was a good day. What Friday demonstrated was that when an injustice – and I know that sounds huge and the slightest bit pretentious – is done, some people are still willing to stand up and...
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