In the past year, courts across the country have tried tointerpret the meaning of the federal student privacy law, known as FERPA.Several recent rulings suggest the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Actdoes not protect the vast array of information about students that someuniversities have claimed.
Author: Brian Schraum
W. Va. passes reporters’ shield bill that includes student journalists
Legislators in West Virginia on Saturday unanimously approved a bill to protect journalists' confidential sources -- a bill that now includes student reporters.A floor amendment in the state senate added student journalists at "accredited educational institutions" to the definition of "reporter" in the legislation.
#SJW11: This is what responsibility looks like
My camera and I were nearly alone on the shoulder of Retreat-Kanaskat Road.A handful of passing cars barely slowed as I stood there surveying the scene.
Another college radio station on the chopping block
Students are taking to the streets to protest the University of San Francisco's decision to sell the broadcast license for its student radio station.
Facebook, free speech and the new ‘D-word’
Apparently they don’t find douchebags funny in California, either.A Sacramento-area sophomore made headlines last week when his school reversed course on punishing him for insulting comments made on Facebook.
Fate of Texas A&M system's controversial records policy uncertain
The top lawyer for the Texas A&M University System may be ready to recommend changing a controversial public records policy that is under fire from media organizations, the president of a state open government group said Thursday.
Advocates: Decision in cheerleader’s First Amendment case lacks basic decency
The case might seem unremarkable on the surface. It centers on a cheerleader at Silsbee High School -- the only high school in a Southeast Texas community numbering some 7,000 people.
Parents challenge school’s ‘I Heart Boobies’ ban in federal court
The parents of two middle school students sued a Pennsylvania school district Monday over its ban of the controversial "I Heart Boobies" cancer awareness bracelets.The suit alleges that the Easton Area School District violated the free expression rights of the two girls, identified in court documents as "B.H." and "K.M.," when it banned students from wearing the bracelets last month.
Student government freeze causes Pa. paper to miss an issue
Student government officials restoredfunding to Mansfield University's student newspaper Thursday, two weeks after afinancial freeze caused the publication to miss an issue.
Fired CU adviser says she was told to prior review stories
The former newspaper adviser at the University of Colorado at Boulder wastold to give administrators a "heads up" about controversial stories prior topublication, according to personnel documents.