Silenced Students: The Uncertain but Extensive Power of School Officials To Control Student Expression.

Ross, Susan Dente

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ERIC Number: EJ650255

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Publication Date: 2002

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Silenced Students: The Uncertain but Extensive Power of School Officials To Control Student Expression.

Ross, Susan Dente

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v79 n1 p172-87 Spr 2002

Scrutinizes two years of federal court of appeals school speech rulings in light of two recent Supreme Court decisions applying public forum analysis to determine the limits of government authority over student speech. Finds that appeals courts have not uniformly applied public forum analysis nor have they consistently applied alternative tests. (SG)

Descriptors: Censorship, Communication Research, Court Litigation, Courts, Higher Education, School Personnel, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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