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Clements, Andrew._The Landry News_, 1999 [0-689-81817-3]
In an unstructured 5th grade classroom Cara decides to write a
newspaper.  It takes off like hotcakes!  Other kids get involved in it
and the teacher is all excited about it.  The principal is out to get
the teacher and uses one article in the paper to get a disciplinary
action against the teacher.  The teacher uses the whole process
as a lesson in 1st amendment rights and ethics in journalism.
There is precidence that a Principal may control a school
newspaper, but the teacher insists that it is a classroom project
and not a school paper.  This 123 page book is a dynamite lesson
in the freedom of speech and ethics in journalism along with being
a great story.  It would be a wonderful class read and discussion
starter.  I initially thought it was going to be just another cute
school story but it is so much more.  This is a very useful book (I
got similar feelings about Gutman's "The kid who ran for
President.")
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FAX (973) 383-7432             Newton, NJ   07860
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