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Cedarville University officials in Ohio confiscated and halted distribution of the independent student newspaper The Ventriloquist after it featured two essays critical of the school’s attitude toward gay students. “The Final Decision” tells the story of Avery Redic, who was removed from student government and other school leadership positions after coming out, and “Fear at Cedarville” seeks to open a [...]
Yesterday, we covered the recent decision of student journalists at Faribault High School to move their newspaper, the Echo, online after it was shut down by the district superintendent. The superintendent shut down the newspaper after students refused to comply with the superintendent’s request to review an article prior to publication. Instead, students decided to form their own online newspaper, [...]
We answered some of the most common questions people ask us about censorship, the First Amendment, and kids. Nothing in this document is legal advice, and if you believe that the government has violated your First Amendment rights, you should contact a lawyer. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] if you have additional questions. We offer a downloadable, [...]
Welcome to Student Advocates For Speech Now Accepting Students for 2023 -2024 APPLY MISSION To empower the next generation of leaders to advocate for freedom of expression as both a fundamental human right and a keystone of democracy, to fight for their own free speech rights, as well as the rights of those [...]
How does the First Amendment protect the rights of students and teachers? This guide provides background on the legal and practical questions surrounding school censorship controversies.
Following the publication of a controversial editorial, an independent student newspaper at TSU has been threatened with revocation of funding and an imposed review of its editorial process.
This story originally appeared in Censorship News 126 As a candidate for president, Donald Trump made headlines for his scathing attacks on the press. They were not limited to labeling the media as dishonest, referring to unfavorable coverage as “fake news,” and threatening to change libel laws to make it easier to sue news organizations. Mr. Trump’s media hostility went [...]
The letter argues that choosing to remove a book citing "community standards" sets a dangerous precedent for future book challenges.
A profile of muralist Mike Alewitz describes how his radical politics infuses his work and left him open to many incidents of censorship.
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) is urging a Virginia high school district to repeal its prior restraint policy for student newspapers.
NCAC has written a letter recommending a Virginia school district to repeal a policy that permits principals to exercise prior review of school newspapers.
Kate Karstens, editor-in-chief of The Lasso, tells NCAC her school's vetting of her newspaper's articles violates district policy.
Student journalists are entitled to some of the First Amendment’s free speech and free press protections. However, student newspapers are considered to be school-sponsored speech, meaning that school administrators are legally entitled to exercise prior restraint over articles and editorials—they can censor them before they are printed (see Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, 1988). In order to protect the rights of student [...]
The legislation will prohibit the vetting of articles prior to publication—with the exception of those that are libelous, unwarrantedly invade privacy, violate the law, or incite students to disobey school policies.
Author Catherine Ross speaks to NCAC about schools and free speech: "In many communities across the country, the adults who would like to censor student expression are much louder and more influential that the adults who hope that schools will allow students to learn how to exercise their rights."
Free speech highlights from the week: Facebook deletes marijuana pages. Georgetown tells students they can't engage in political speech, a high school newspaper is censored.
Did a dispute over phallus props in a theater production cost an adjunct professor his job?
Protests and criticism are one thing-- calls to defund a Wesleyan student newspaper over an op-ed go too far. Student government officers, and the newspaper itself, must do more to support free expression.
A high school newspaper investigation into drugs was deemed unsuitable for publication by the school's principal. But a local news outlet heard about the story and decided that good journalism deserves to be read.
