Censorship widening, experts say

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Naperville Central newspaper adviser's ouster cited as example of trend in U.S. high schools

Amid the rush at the end of the school year, Linda Kane's reassignment at Naperville Central High School looks like little more than a routine staff shuffle.

After serving as student newspaper adviser for 19 years, when she moved the Central Times from life support to national prominence, Kane is leaving that role.

But it isn't voluntary. She was fired as adviser effective Thursday, the last day of school, although she will continue to teach.

Experts are adamant that losses like hers reverberate and are much more foreboding. The disagreement that led to Kane's dismissal stemmed from some controversial articles on drug use among students, and experts say her firing is part of a growing trend toward censorship in high schools, a trend that erodes citizenship, even chips away at democracy in important—if almost imperceptible—ways.

Chicago Tribune

[electropop]

1. That's right; we need to nip this freedom of speech crap in the bud.

If we don't repress them while they're young, next thing you know they'll be engaging willy-nilly in critical thinking.

[Ka hrnt]

2. Is there a group like FIRE for K-12?

http://www.thefire.org/