From an editorial in the Mankato Free Press last week: An ill-conceived plan by the Minnesota State Colleges and University System to make rules to inspect the personal cellphones of MnSCU employees almost at will should be dumped. The initial proposal announced at the end of March called for MnSCU adjusting its employee rules to allow…
Category: Youth & Schools
Montana Supreme Court to hear Krakauer records case
Keila Szpaller reports: The Montana Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday in Jon Krakauer v. State of Montana and Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian. Investigative journalist and bestselling author Krakauer is seeking records related to the decision to vacate former University of Montana Grizzlies quarterback Jordan Johnson’s expulsion after multiple university proceedings found him…
Harvard Administrators May Have Investigated Conservative Students
Blake Neff reports: Student activists at Harvard Law School (HLS) attempted to use the FBI to track a blog critical of them, while school administrators tried to find the identities of its authors, according to recently leaked emails. In recent months, activists have formed a group dubbed Royall Must Fall, which has campaigned for a…
Orange County Public Schools renews contract to spy on students’ social media activities
I’ve previously noted (snarkily, of course) the use of SnapTrends software by Orange County Public Schools in Florida to monitor students’ social media activities. Well, it seems they’re pleased as punch with the results of their monitoring. So much so that they’re renewing the contract for the software. Details of the approximately one dozen police…