Hazelwood V. Kuhlmeier and the School Newspaper Censorship Debate

by Tracy A. Phillips

On May 13, 1983, the student staff of Spectrum, the newspaper at Hazelwood East High School, found that several stories on divorce and student pregnancy had been cut out of the paper completely on orders of the principal. The students felt their rights to free press had been curtailed, so they went to court, ending up in the Supreme Court, which made a decision about the rights of students that still has an effect today. Author Tracy A. Phillips,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076602394X
• ISBN13: 9780766023949
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10