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2011

Communications Law

Jonathan Peters

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Student Journalists V. School Administrators: A More Structured Way To Resolve Disputes, Jonathan Peters Aug 2011

Student Journalists V. School Administrators: A More Structured Way To Resolve Disputes, Jonathan Peters

Jonathan Peters

Public schools have wrestled for decades with the boundaries of free expression. Although students do not enjoy the same First Amendment rights as adults, they do not shed those rights at the schoolhouse gate. Disputes between student journalists and school administrators are common, and because they take place in the school environment, they have the potential to be disruptive. Student journalists and school administrators need a structured way to address and resolve those disputes.