How reasonable do you have to be to run an elementary school in New York? Not very, apparently. In Cuff.
Author: Adam Goldstein
Florida teacher suspended for playing social media police
For once, a school district has decided that, yes, there are more important things for teachers to be worrying about than what students say about teachers on Facebook.
Meet freedom fighters in DC at Saturday happy hour with FIRE
The International Students for Liberty Conference is in Washington, D.C.
More on the ‘Missourian’ Conflicts Policy (Which is Not a Sinister Plot)
Late last month, I wrote about the Missourian's conflict of interest policies and how I thought they looked unconstitutional because they amounted to state-enforced censorship.
Clearing the fog
SPLC attorneys clear up common myths about the law.
Missourian’s conflict policy conflicts with free speech
The blog J-School Buzz covers the Missouri School of Journalism.
FIRE releases 2012 report on campus speech codes
Colleges with restrictive speech codes are like underwear that shrank in the wash: you won't always know what's wrong until you're in them and getting squeezed.For over a decade, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has been fighting the former problem.
Colo. yearbook was not censored in weirdly popular ‘navelgate’ story
(With apologizes to Barbara Eden for the subject line.
High school freedom fighters: FIRE’s essay contest deadline approaching
If you're a high school senior graduating in the spring of 2012, heading to college, and believe in free expression, you should check out the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's Freedom in Academia essay contest. You can win up to $5,000 in scholarship money by writing an essay explaining why free speech is important in higher education -- and FIRE has great videos about their work to help you respond.
Indiana School District fights for right to be slumber party police
In T.V. v. Smith-Green Community School District, a pair of students are suing their school after the school removed them from extracurricular activities because the students posted pictures of themselves with penis-shaped lollipops at a slumber party.In a supplemental brief filed with the federal district court on June 10, the school makes arguments totally irreconcilable with precedent or common sense.