ACLU backs ‘Scumbag Teacher’ posts online
April 29, 2012 by Claire Knight
After three California seniors were suspended for comments they posted online, the ACLU stepped in.
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April 29, 2012 by Claire Knight
Should student have been expelled for this tweet?
April 8, 2012 by Claire Knight
An Indiana high school senior was at his house. And at 2:30 a.m., he posted a tweet from his personal Twitter account that read:
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College backtracks on Facebook expulsion
February 22, 2012 by Claire Knight
A grad student heard a community leader make racist comments — so the scholar did what most people do: He vented about it on Facebook. Then he was expelled from school, but he fought that, too.
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Supreme Court declines to hear online speech cases
January 22, 2012 by Claire Knight
Bad news: The U.S. Supreme Court has, yet again, declined to hear cases regarding online, off-campus speech.
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Supreme Court sidesteps the No. 1 tech question
November 9, 2011 by Claire Knight
The $64,000 question: Can school officials discipline students for off-campus speech?
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Who needs a 1st Amendment lesson: Students or teachers?
October 3, 2011 by Jake Simms
Some teachers think students expressing their opinions via social media poses a danger.
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‘Free speech rights!’ student cries in court
October 3, 2011 by Claire Knight
After a student created a Facebook group at home, she was suspended from school. Then she filed a lawsuit:
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Facebook suspension: Court explains where school went wrong
September 26, 2011 by Claire Knight
Can students be suspended from extracurricular activities at school for posting raunchy photos on Facebook?
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Teacher’s blog puts school in Catch-22: Now what?
September 19, 2011 by Claire Knight
Thanks to a teacher’s online rants, one school’s in a no-win situation that just won’t end.
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Student’s ‘prank’ leads to suspension
September 9, 2011 by Claire Knight
How far can a school go to maintain order during a school-sponsored event?
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