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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't the students create their own "paper" and report/write as they see fit?[/quote]

Because there is no need for them to do that, the student newspapers should not be subject to illegal censorship and the students should fight that instead of accepting it and trying to get around it with their personal resources [/quote]

:shock:

You state "there is no need" yet you then immediately state the need!

This scenario is as old as time and has played out repeatedly throughout not only American history but world history.

If the students care about this, they should figure out a solution, not sit by paralyzed and complaining about the status-quo.

These students are clever and enterprising and there are plenty of low or no cost paths they could take to get this done.  In fact, this would be a FABULOUS real-life lesson/exercise.
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Yes kids can write all sorts of things and self publish which is what many already do on SM.  But the point of the school newspaper is an educational one — kids are learning investigative journalism.  Taylor and Moran are impinging on the educational value of the program by censoring that work.  
But a larger point is that there are already teachers providing guidance to the newspaper writers -/ inserting admin is just another stupid layer of McPS bureaucracy where we are paying lots of people to do things other than teaching.  I’d rather have fewer APs and more people in the classroom rather than endlessly creating more make-work for the administrators.  [/quote]

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Exactly. Teachers are providing the education so when students go out into the REAL WORLD then they can better understand the nuances of what journalists face in regard to censorship.

School administrators should not be an adversarial experience when it comes to learning.   What a grave injustice these students are experiencing. Corruption at the core. What I do hope these budding journalists develop is a strong sense of ethics and use that to write the most effective evidence-based expose on their experience. Let’s show these men in their high castles what true investigative journalism looks like.

Or do we need to remind Taylor of what happened to the last superintendent? The truth always comes out.  It’s concerning that the censorship isn’t over a nationally recognized, but sensitive issue, but rather, the fear of exposing the what lies behind our own walls.

Why are you afraid of the children Taylor?

What are you hiding?  Real leaders don’t act like you do.

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