The Student Press Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California asked a California school district Monday to immediately cease enforcing a “draconian and constitutionally infirm” regulation that requires any student taking part in sports or other extracurricular activities to sign a “contract” agreeing to be punished for any online speech that the school district deems “inappropriate.”
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August 2013 podcast: Two veteran advisers discuss ways to build strong alumni networks
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Bill Casey, publisher of The Daily Iowan, and Michael Serino, student media adviser to The Ithacan, talk with Student Press Law Center Executive Director Frank LoMonte about the importance of building strong alumni networks.Frank LoMonte: You are listening to another edition of the Student Press Law Center’s monthly podcast. The SPLC is a non-profit organization… Continue reading August 2013 podcast: Two veteran advisers discuss ways to build strong alumni networks
Red & Black board agrees to give student board members voting rights
A year ago this week, staff of The Red & Black walked out in protest of policies they believed threatened student editorial control. For several days, students and the board of directors, which runs the independent nonprofit newspaper, found themselves at an impasse — culminating with a tense "open house" meeting where the paper's then-general manager got in an altercation with a student journalist covering the event.
Q&A with doctoral fellow Liz Woolery about citizens’ newsgathering rights
We enjoyed the presentations and papers shared last week at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference here in Washington, D.C.
Calif. students lobby school board about controversial social media policy
Students who spoke against their district’s controversial social media policy last night said some school board members were open to discussing changes, but the policy remains in effect.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: “Personal privacy” exception to open-records access can’t be allowed to swallow the rule
Government obfuscation in the face of requests for public records can be irritating. At times, maddening.
Calif. students protest social media contract banning 'inappropriate' posts
Dozens of students at a California high school are protesting a new social media contract that would ban a wide array of speech and behavior, including anything deemed “inappropriate” by school administrators.
Third Circuit appeals court backs students in 'Boobies' bracelet case
Schools cannot censor student speech about political or social issues just because it “has the potential to offend,” a federal circuit court said Monday.
USC claims number of rape expulsions is “private”
USC claims number of rape expulsions is "private"The way colleges investigate and punish (or don’t punish) sexual assault is under a national microscope, with the U.S. Department of Education opening Title IX sex discrimination cases against schools accused of inadequately responding to campus rapes. At the University of Southern California, several students have come forward… Continue reading USC claims number of rape expulsions is “private”
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Illinois ruling confirms U can FOIA txts — 2G2BT
The public is entitled to know what city council members are talking about during meetings. Even when their thumbs are doing the talking.That's the takeaway from a new ruling from an Illinois court, which affirms that messages exchanged by government officials -- even on their personal cellphones -- are public records that must be produced on request.In City of Champaign v.