From RAPSU Blog: Decline of H.S. Journalism

clipped from rapsublog.blogspot.com Esther Wojcicki: The Slow Death of High School Journalism | The Huffington Post The education of future journalists is at stake in the U.S. The unlikely culprit is the No Child Left Behind Act. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) sounded good on paper in 2002, but in the past five years it has caused many journalism programs in high schools across the country to fold. These highly successful elective classes have been replaced by remedial classes basically taking away the fun and excitement of school. "Journalism programs are being squeezed by everything from NCLB to tight budgets...," according to Jack Kennedy, President of Journalism Educators of America. Why is this happening? Schools need to pass the NCLB testing or they lose funding; thus, they are eliminating elective classes and replacing them with remedial classes.