Andrew Welsh-Huggins reports: The Ohio Supreme Court is weighing the constitutionality of a student’s backpack search that authorities say led first to the discovery of bullets and later a gun. At issue before the high court is whether a second search of the backpack violated the student’s privacy rights, which are generally weaker inside school walls. Courts say schools…
Category: Youth & Schools
Principal under fire for naming suspended students in newsletter
Susan Edelman reports that the principal at Baldwin High School on Long Island is under fire for sending out newsletters that name suspended students and describe their offenses. Caterina Lafergola, now principal at Baldwin HS, issues a weekly staff newsletter that includes announcements on upcoming events, meeting notes, and a “Kudos Corner.” It also has…
Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Big Data, and the Public-Private Planned Economy
John Klyczek writes: If cutting-edge educational technologies can scientifically maximize student learning, then why do so many Silicon Valley bigwigs at Google, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Yahoo! send their children to the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, a school which bans computer technology from its classrooms? If high-tech computerization were such a fundamental enhancement to cognitive development,…
Banned In Germany: Kids’ Doll Is Labeled An Espionage Device
Bill Chappell reports: It’s nice to have a friend who’s a good listener, but a doll called My Friend Cayla listens a little too well, according to German regulators who say the toy is essentially a stealthy espionage device that shares what it hears and is also vulnerable to takeover by third parties. “Cayla ist…