Mike Tully on March 24th, 2009

Published: March 23, 2009 SAFFORD, Ariz. — Savana Redding still remembers the clothes she had on — black stretch pants with butterfly patches and a pink T-shirt — the day school officials here forced her to strip six years ago. She was 13 and in eighth grade. An assistant principal, enforcing the school’s antidrug policies, [...]

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Mike Tully on March 24th, 2009

School district sued over anthem practiced at The Webster School Parents of two elementary school students last week filed a lawsuit against the St. Johns County School District, saying their children’s constitutional rights were violated when teachers required them to rehearse a song that declares “there’s no doubt” the United States is a Christian nation. [...]

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By MICHAEL C. DORF   Monday, March 23, 2009 Two 2008 federal appeals court rulings—one that may be on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and another that is already there—raise thorny questions of the extent to which schoolchildren enjoy the protections afforded by the Constitution to adults. In Frazier v. Alexandre, the U.S. [...]

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As a mother, I have recently discovered Facebook. My kids knew about it long ago and I poo pooed it as another mindless waste of time. Finally, I joined so I could track my kid’s antics like a sneaky James Bond spy. Trouble is – I somehow got hooked myself. Suddenly, friends from far and [...]

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Mike Tully on March 24th, 2009

By Cindy Kranz • ckranz@enquirer.com • March 22, 2009 Jessica Logan’s nude cell-phone photo – meant for her boyfriend’s eyes only – was sent to hundreds of teenagers last year in at least seven Greater Cincinnati high schools. The 18-year-old Sycamore High School senior was then bombarded with taunts: slut, porn queen, whore. On July [...]

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Tuesday, Mar 24 2009, 3:23 pm Barry Smith RALEIGH – When Leslie Thompson’s parents died within two months of each other about three years ago, she took her teenage sister under her wings. Her sister, Erica Collora, was 15 at the time. Thompson said that her sister’s peers picked on her a lot because of [...]

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Mike Tully on March 24th, 2009

By ELIZABETH DUNBAR , Associated Press Last update: March 24, 2009 – 2:09 PM ST. PAUL, Minn. – A bill that would expand Minnesota schools’ anti-bullying policies by listing more than a dozen characteristics that could be targets for harassment is on its way to the Senate floor. The Senate Education Committee approved the bill [...]

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