(CNN) Too often, people who stifle student voices fear what they have to say. However, not all student journalists feel so empowered. For background, New Voices is a student-led, grassroots, bipartisan movement aimed at protecting student journalists from being censored for unjustified reasons. The Student Press Law Center (SPLC) is a nonprofit organization that supports and defends the rights of student journalists -- and has been a critical partner in this process. When student media publications seek the truth and make their own editorial decisions, they utilize the very skills that our education system is built on.

Source: CNN March 25, 2019 18:45 UTC