From WKOW in Wisconsin: A middle school principal in Wisconsin is under investigation after he posted the names of students with failing grades on his door. Marshfield Middle School Principal Dave Schoepke posted a list with student’s name, their class, teacher and their F grade for all to see. […] The superintendent says the principal…
Category: Youth & Schools
Privacy flags raise concern for graduate students
Kate Perkowski reports: Undergraduate students are not the only ones concerned with personal information available through UK’s [University of Kentucky’s] online people search — now, graduate students are voicing their concern, too. Members of UK’s graduate school have recently voiced concern about their information like home address and home telephone number being available on the…
Swedish legal council says no to drug tests for kids
Sweden’s Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) has ruled against a government legislative proposal to allow drug tests on children below the age of 15. The Local reported in February that the government had presented a raft of proposals aimed at tackling youth crime. One of the proposals was for drug tests to be permitted for under-15s…
Two Lower Merion School District IT workers placed on leave
Joseph Tanfani reports: Two information-technology employees at Lower Merion School District have been placed on leave while an investigation continues into the use of remote surveillance software on student laptops. The two people authorized to activate the software – Michael Perbix, a network technician, and Carol Cafiero, information systems coordinator – were put on paid…