It’s deja vu all over again. Cameron Langford of Courthouse News reports on yet another lawsuit involving the search and seizure of a student’s cellphone: A school district violated an eighth-grade girl’s civil rights and its own policies when it seized a cell phone from her, searched it, and punished her after finding “inappropriate” pictures…
Category: Youth & Schools
Teen Hangs Herself After Harassment For a ‘Sexting’ Message, Parents Say
Melissa Thomas reports: A high school student killed herself after she emailed a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend and he sent it around to others at two high schools, the girl’s parents claim in Federal Court. They sued the city, the school district, the ex-boyfriend and several other kids to whom he allegedly…
UK: Online directory contains children’s contact details
The Isle of Wight County Press Reporter reports: The contact details of every child in England have been published on a new online directory. ContactPoint has been launched nationally and is specifically designed for people who work with children, like teachers, doctors and social workers. It contains details of every child under the age of…
Military test provokes ire of some parents
Carnell Hawthorne Jr. reports on an issue discussed on Pogo in the past: federal education laws known as FERPA and NCLB that come into play when the military wants to get personal or contact information to recruit students. Many parents still don’t seem to know that they have the right to send in an opt-out…