Wendy Davis reports: Representatives for a group of young children are appealing a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Google and Viacom of violating a federal video privacy law. The notice of appeal, which was filed this week with the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, doesn’t offer details about the potential arguments the children’s…
Category: Youth & Schools
IL: Lake Forest schools approve panic-button app
Genevieve Bookwalter reports: Lake Forest teachers soon will have a cell phone app that operates like a panic button, letting them alert police and administrators and track students in case of a school shooting or other emergency. At a school board meeting Monday night, members of the District 67 board of education, which governs Lake…
Conservatives Rally Against Two Fed Education Bills
Shane Vander Hart writes: American Principles in Action warns activists about two bills before Congress this week that they say would further entrench federal control in education. The center-right group based in Washington, DC called on activists to tell Congress to reject H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, which they say would reauthorize many of the oppressive…
Kentucky Senate panel takes another vote; advances transgender bathroom bill
AP reports: Transgender students would have to use separate restrooms in Kentucky’s public schools under a bill that cleared the Senate Education Committee on Monday. The bill failed to pass the committee last week when two Republicans were absent. But chairman Mike Wilson called a special meeting late Monday afternoon and the bill passed by a vote of 8-1. The bill…