During his 40 years as a legislator, Kentucky Senator Albert Robinson has kept a consistent platform: God, gun, country and family, a commitment which prompted his latest legislation: a bill aimed at reinforcing students’ religious and political freedom of speech.
1. Is your school:a. Public: 38 participants (80.85%) b. Private: 9 participants (19.15%)(Missing responses – 4 – 7.84%)i. A junior high/middle school: 3 participants (5.88%)ii. A high school: 30 participants (45.10%)(Missing responses – 25 – 49.02%)2. States represented (numbers=participants):Alaska (1 – 1.96%), California (15 – 29.41%), Colorado (3 – 5.88%), Florida (1 – 1.96%), Iowa… Continue reading 1. Is your school: a. Public:
Of the 6,406 students and teachers who attended the National High School Journalism Convention in Washing, D.C., Nov. 6-9, 2013, 464 students and 51 advisers responded to survey questions asking about their experiences with censorship of student media.
Nabiha Syed, a media attorney for Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, and a member of SPLC’s Board of Directors, introduced Active Voice, an SPLC project that aims to help young women who face challenges in speaking out.
Attorney Bradley Shear discusses how his work could help make Maryland the 13th state with a law protecting the social media privacy rights of students in colleges and high schools. Frank LoMonte: The nightmare phone call for students used to be to come to the principal’s office and empty his pockets or dump out her… Continue reading February 2015 Podcast: One man crusades for students’ social media rights nationwide
Attorney Bradley Shear discusses how his work could help make Maryland the 13th state with a law protecting the social media privacy rights of students in colleges and high schools. Frank LoMonte: The nightmare phone call for students used to be to come to the principal’s office and empty his pockets or dump out her… Continue reading February 2015 Podcast: One man crusades for students' social media rights nationwide
An appeals court has decided it will rehear the case of a former Mississippi student whom school officials punished for posting online a profanity-filled rap alleging two school employees had inappropriate contact with other students.
A disorderly conduct charge against a student journalist, who was arrested while covering a protest over the non-indictment of police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Gardner, could be dropped if she does not get in trouble again before July.
Sen. John Whitmire proposed a bill on Jan. 15 to amend the Texas Education Code to require police departments at private colleges to follow the state’s public records law just like other law enforcement agencies. The bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, which has not yet set a date for a public hearing.
Chief justice Cody Coll told the student reporters that they could not photograph or record the court hearing Tuesday because it violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, the federal student privacy law. The reporters were also asked to delete all information gathered before their dismissal from the court.