@EducationNY pointed me to this news story by Christine Clarridge: Five months before she allegedly attacked two schoolmates with a knife, nearly killing one, a Snohomish High School student underwent counseling after she threatened to kill another student’s boyfriend. The 15-year-old Snohomish girl was allowed to return to school only after she presented proof she…
Category: Youth & Schools
IN: Probe ordered into Kerala move on online tracking of students
Subir Ghosh reports: The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has ordered an inquiry into the allegation that a coercive circular by the Kerala government to its public education department was meant to deploy an online school management software called “Sampoorna” in schools across the State in a manner that it would violate…
Is Klout Using Our Family to Violate Our Privacy?
Okay, this is disturbing. Danny Brown explains how even if you don’t authorize Klout to create a profile on you, Klout may be doing exactly that and linking it to your Facebook profile if you have one. And not only that, it’s doing this to kids: He isn’t on Twitter, and he’s not super active…
Check Your Constitutional Rights at the Classroom Door? Not on Our Watch.
Victory for the ACLU and student privacy in the Linn State case! From their blog: The ruling is in: Linn State Technical College’s mandatory drug-testing policy is patently unconstitutional, and will not stand. After a seven-hour hearing Tuesday, Judge Nanette K. Laughrey of the Western District of Missouri granted our preliminary injunction against the public school, blocking…