Basics
What Happened?
Supreme Court
First Amendment
Apply Hazelwood
100

The year did Supreme Court decide Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier.

What is 1988?

100

Two major topics the newspaper discussed.

What is teen pregnancy and divorce?

100

The Supreme Court's vote in Hazelwood.

What is 5-3?

100

The freedom that the students argued had been violated.

What is freedom of speech and freedom of the press?

100

A student writes an article for the official school newspaper. Could Hazelwood potentially apply?

Yes.

200

The constitutional amendment at the center of the case.

What is the first amendment?

200

The person who removed the articles from the newspaper.

What is the school's principal, Robert Reynolds?

200

The person who wrote the majority opinion.

Who is Justice Byron White?

200

Did Hazelwood say that schools can censor anything students say?

No.

200

A student posts a complaint about the cafeteria on their personal social media account after school. Is this automatically a Hazelwood situation?

No. It isn't school-sponsored expression.

300

The type of publication that was involved in the case.

What is a school-sponsored newspaper?

300

The reason why the principal objected to the teen pregnancy article.

What is having concerns about privacy whether students could be identified.

300

What the Supreme Court ultimately ruled.

What schools may exercise editorial control over school-sponsored student expression when their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns?

300

The kind of student expression that receives greater school control under Hazelwood.

What is school-sponsored expression?

300

A student wears a shirt expressing an opinion at school. Is that automatically governed by Hazelwood?

No. Hazelwood specifically concerns school-sponsored expression.

400

The name of the newspaper.

What is The Spectrum?

400

The reason why the principal objected to the divorce article.

What is his concern about students discussing their parents' private family situations without giving the parents an opportunity to respond.

400

"Pedagogical" meaning.

What is related to teaching or education?

400

What is the major distinction between Hazelwood and Tinker v. Des Moines?

Tinker concerns student expression, while Hazelwood concerns school-sponsored expression.

400

A school removes an article from its official newspaper because administrators believe it is educationally inappropriate. What Supreme Court case could be relevant?

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

500

The side which the Supreme Court ultimately rule in favor of.

What is Hazelwood School District / the school?

500

The reason why the fact that The Spectrum was school-sponsored important to the case.

What is the Court giving schools greater authority to regulate school-sponsored expression than ordinary student expression?
500

Complete the Court's standard: School restrictions on school-sponsored speech must be reasonably related to legitimate ______ concerns.

What is Pedagogical?

500

Why is the First Amendment relevant even though the case involves a school newspaper?

Because public schools are government institutions, so students' constitutional rights can apply to school-related expression.

500

A school newspaper publishes an article that administrators dislike. Is simply disliking the article enough under Hazelwood?

No. The school's control must be reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns.