Maureen Castriotta and Chris Rogers, members of the Roxbury Township Board of Education, write: Every day, “We the People” lose a few more of our liberties at every level of government. Case in point is the disturbing trend of the adoption of Student Code of Conduct policies in our public schools throughout the state [New…
Category: Youth & Schools
Ex-student sues Tunkhannock Area, authorities over cell phone seizure
David Singleton reports a follow-up to a Pennsylvania student sexting case that was covered previously on this site when a federal judge chastised a district attorney for threatening to prosecute the students. The injunction was later upheld by the Third Circuit. A former Tunkhannock Area High School student accused school and Wyoming County law enforcement…
UC Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA
UC Berkeley is adding something a little different this year in its welcome package — cotton swabs for a DNA sample. In the past, incoming freshman and transfer students have received a rather typical welcome book from the College of Letters and Science’s “On the Same Page” program, but this year the students will be…
Attorney General Urges Topix.Com To Abandon “Pay-To-Police” Policy That Exploits Consumers Victimized By Abusive Internet Posts
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, joined by 22 other state attorneys general, urged Internet message board host Topix.com to improve consumer protections and eliminate its $19.99 fee for “priority review” to eliminate abusive or inappropriate posts. In a letter to Topix CEO Chris Tolles, Blumenthal and his colleagues expressed significant concerns with the “Forums and Polls”…