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Administrative Use Of Prior Review In High School Journalism Programs, Pedro J. Cabrera
Administrative Use Of Prior Review In High School Journalism Programs, Pedro J. Cabrera
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988), the U.S. Supreme Court established that school administrators have the right to review, change, or remove student-created media if the school sponsors it and if the school administrator has a “legitimate pedagogical interest,” which has been inconsistent across high school student-created media in a metro area of a southern region in a southwestern state. Because of the vagueness, the administration can review, change, or remove student-created media based on personal social, cultural, ethical, or political beliefs. The purpose of this basic qualitative research was to examine how campus administrators determined “legitimate pedagogical interest.” Gatekeeping theory …