A federal judge has ordered the University of Louisville to permit a nursing student who had been expelled for writing blog posts about her patients, gun rights, religion, and other issues to re-enroll. […] The university expelled Ms. Yoder in February, saying she had violated the nursing school’s honor code by identifying herself as a…
Category: Youth & Schools
Britain to put CCTV cameras inside private homes
As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the governments latest plan: to install Orwell’s telescreens in 20,000 homes. £400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To…
Student sues Amazon.com over deleted homework
A class action lawsuit filed today takes Amazon.com to task after the company deleted George Orwell books from customers Kindles. According to the lawsuit, Amazon.com deleted these books after claiming that it had mistakenly sold them without permission from the copyright owner. After a barrage of criticism from customers, the media, and public interest organizations,…
NY High School To Provide Pregnancy, STD Testing
Is it providing high school students a needed service or shutting parents out of their teen’s lives? A recent decision by the Port Chester Board of Education has some thinking it’s too much intrusion. As Port Chester High School gets ready for the new school year, officials have signed off on a new service that…