Louie Diaz writes: SB 1036 prohibits a local educational agency from including directory or personal information of a student or parent in board meeting minutes, according to officials. “The governor’s signature on this bill ensures citizens can participate in school board meetings without fear of their personal address or other information being released to the…
Category: Youth & Schools
Parkland school shooter’s lawyers ask judge to protect his medical privacy
Rafael Olmeda reports: Someone violated Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer’s order to protect the private medical records of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, and his lawyers argued in court Wednesday that it wasn’t them. Cruz, who turned 20 on Monday, is facing the death penalty, charged with committing 17 first-degree murders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
Stop Google’s Kiddie Data Predators
Commentary by Michelle Malkin: No consent. No disclosure. No escape. For legions of unwitting students and teachers across the country, this is the dangerous, de facto data policy Google has imposed over their school districts. An estimated 80 million students and teachers are now signed up for free “G Suite for Education” accounts (formerly known…
A Day Without the Fourth Amendment
On any given day, Joe Cadillic sends me a ton of interesting articles. One in particular by Jake Laperruque of the Constitution Project at POGO (not this Pogo, but the Project on Government Oversight) caught my eye because I think it would be great for high school teachers – and perhaps middle school teachers – to…