(NOTE: Without criticizing the survey method or questioning the validity of the results, there is a bit too much fear-mongering in this article. The fact is that research has demonstrated that very few minors are harmed by adults they meet online. “Stranger danger” is not that big of a problem on the Internet, according to [...]
(NOTE: Joel Klein will be surprised when a court strikes down this ban. It clearly goes too far and extends school discipline well beyond any reasonable jurisdictional limit. Watch for a restraining order in a matter of weeks, if not day. – Mike) Dept. Of Education Targets Sexually Explicit Text Messaging Outside Of School Hours With [...]
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A judge has ruled that the University of California police illegally searched the camera of a photojournalist covering a protest outside the chancellor’s campus home, reports the Associated Press. Alameda County Superior Judge Yolanda Northridge on June 18 invalidated the search warrant used by UC Berkeley police to review photographs taken by David Morse at [...]
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In a striking example of how cell-phone cameras are making what goes on behind the classroom door more public, a teacher and three other educators at a Houston charter school were charged June 21 in connection with the videotaped beating of a 13-year-old boy who was attending the school, reports the Associated Press. MORE >>>
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