Sara Shepherd reports: Kansas University has offered additional explanation about its heavy redacting of fraternity hazing documents, specifically regarding the fraternities’ membership numbers. The Journal-World, which reported Sunday on KU’s disciplining of two fraternities, filed a Kansas Open Records Act request for documents from KU’s investigation into the fraternities, which are on probation for hazing. The…
Category: Youth & Schools
Michigan State U. loses fight to redact student-athlete names in police reports
Matt Mencarini reports: Michigan State University will have to release police reports requested by ESPN Inc. after the state Supreme Court denied the school’s appeal. The media company submitted a Freedom of Information Act request in September 2014 for incident reports involving 301 student-athletes. The university responded by providing copies of reports with the names of student-athletes listed as…
FTC Slaps Apps Allowing Collection of Info on Kids
Jamie Ross reports: Two Southern California companies that make computer apps aimed at children – such as “My Cake Shop” and “Ice Cream Jump” – must stop letting third parties collect personal information from the kids for targeted ads. The Federal Trade Commission filed settlements with LAI Systems, of Los Angeles, and Retro Dreamer, of Upland,…
Caught on camera: Teachers bullying special-needs students
The South Jersey Times Editorial Board has an editorial that notes that although there are privacy (i.e, FERPA) issues implicated in recording students in the classroom, sometimes it’s the only way we’d find out about the abuse of special needs children. It’s happened again. A video shows students in a South Jersey classroom being beaten,…