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The U.S. Department of Education declared that all states and schools should have clear standards "of achievement and accountability for all children, and effective strategies for reaching those standards." Rachel Miller, research assistant for J-Ideas, has compiled these state standards and investigated what states provide educational standards in the field of journalism.

In this section you will find the link to an easy-to-read, downloadable breakdown of educational standards created by each state as well as some important links for more standards information.

All 50 states have developed general state standards to be followed by educators. Each state has created guidelines in prominent subjects such as fine arts, language arts, math, science, social studies and technology. Each set of states standards differs in educational goals, subject breakdown and additional subject areas. Student learning guidelines also differ by state. These guidelines are designed to help the student achieve goals set by each state standard.

It was found that there are few states that have created teaching standards for journalism, and most of the states that have these defined standards base them within the Language Arts curriculum.

Also found in the report is which states require teaching endorsements in journalism, if at all. Within each table is contact information for each states' Department of Education, as well as their respective Web site address.

It should also be noted that the Journalism Education Association (JEA) has created a set of standards for Journalism educators. You can easily access these standards at http://jea.org/resources/standards.html .

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