That's fair to say, but it also depends on what's going on inside the newspaper organization, regardless of how interested in activism a school is or not. Often it comes down to what kinds of teachers are promoting media.
One initiative in Quebec is this key word, which I guess is a new buzzword, plate-forme. The ministry of culture in Quebec is working on a plate-forme: an information-sharing system for community newspapers whereby articles can be shared and downloaded throughout Quebec. It will be interesting to see what level of increased youth readership there is.