Student Press Law Center provides valuable information to students and their teachers
September 11, 2015
The Student Press Law Center has been a critical resource for high school and college journalists and their advisers since 1974. The SPLC is “the nation's only legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to educating high school and college journalists about the rights and responsibilities embodied...
Constitution Day offers annual holiday to teach the First Amendment
September 4, 2015
Constitution Day is observed annually each Sept. 17, the day the United States Constitution was signed in 1787. Schools receiving federal funds must provide programming on the history of the Constitution on Sept. 17 every year. Begun in 2001, it also offers an annual day that teachers can bring lessons about t...
News literacy lessons available for science teachers
August 28, 2015
The American Society of News Editors and the Journalism Education Association in partnership with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute offer free news literacy lessons for English/language arts, science, math and social studies teachers to use in secondary-school classrooms. The lessons are available at WhyNews...
News literacy lesson plans available for math teachers
August 21, 2015
The American Society of News Editors and the Journalism Education Association in partnership with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute offer free news literacy lessons for English/language arts, science, math and social studies teachers to use in secondary-school classrooms. The lessons are available at WhyNews...
Innovative English/language arts news literacy lessons debut
August 18, 2015
The American Society of News Editors and the Journalism Education Association in partnership with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute offer free news literacy lessons for English/language arts, science, math and social studies teachers to use in secondary-school classrooms. The lessons are avai...
News literacy lessons available for social studies teachers
August 7, 2015
The American Society of News Editors and the Journalism Education Association in partnership with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute offer free news literacy lessons for English/language arts, science, math and social studies teachers to use in secondary-school classrooms. The lessons are avai...
Model news literacy lessons for social studies, English, science and math available for secondary-school teachers
July 29, 2015
The American Society of News Editors and the Journalism Education Association in partnership with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute offer free news literacy lessons for English/language arts, science, math and social studies teachers to use in secondary-school classrooms. The lessons are available...
1 For All Challenge winners use First Amendment as building block in the classroom
July 25, 2015
Sarah Segal was just one of the 40 secondary-school educators honored with $1,000 for her innovative First Amendment teachings in the classroom. The 1 For All First Amendment Challenge winner teaches sixth-grade literacy, language arts and social studies of the ancient American cultures at Hood River...
Challenge winners incorporate technology into First Amendment teachings
July 17, 2015
“The First Amendment is more complex than most students first recognize, and it affects their everyday lives,” Jo Boggess Phillips said. Phillips teaches 12th-grade civics, AP U.S. government, politics, and state and local government at Ripley High School in Ripley, West Virginia. Phillips said...
1 For All First Amendment Challenge winners encourage students to speak out
July 10, 2015
Mark Ford teaches 12th-grade humanities and social studies at Casco Bay High School in Portland, Maine. Ford received the 1 For All First Amendment honor after using speeches, court cases and free speech acts to show students how easy and empowering it is to speak out. “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
Multiple surveys and studies have shown that Americans remain unaware of the five freedoms the First Amendment guarantees. When more Americans can name characters from an...
MIPA is a state organization working in association with the Missouri School of Journalism; Journalism Educators Association, JEA; and the National Scholastic Press Association,...
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