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Tag: blog

Nursing student removed from program over Facebook posts seeks Supreme Court review

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February 27, 2017September 5, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

A case that began with a series of Facebook posts and reached a court ruling that challenged First Amendment protections for students on social media is now making its way to the Supreme Court.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, discipline for social-media posts, Keefe v. Adams et al, off-campus social-media use, recent-news, Supreme Court, SupremeCourt

Several state legislatures considering updates to open records laws

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February 22, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

A mixture of positive and negative changes to state open records laws have slowly been making their way through state legislatures in the past few weeks.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, legislation, North Carolina, open records, recent-news

It’s not all doom and gloom: Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch could be an ally to student journalists

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February 10, 2017September 5, 2018 James Hoyt

President Donald Trump has made it clear that he doesn’t really like the news media. Still, there's evidence his Supreme Court nominee supports student speech.

Tagged 10th-Circuit-Court-of-Appeals, blog, Blogroll, Gorsuch, recent-news, Supreme Court, SupremeCourt

SPLC joins AEJMC, two others, in releasing statement to the Trump administration

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February 9, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

The boards of directors of four journalism education organizations today released a statement to President Donald J. Trump advocating for continued First Amendment freedoms and news literacy education.

Tagged ACP, AEJMC, blog, blogrool, JEA, NSPA, recent-news

Survey reveals support for First Amendment freedoms at 10-year high, with a few caveats

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February 8, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

A new survey commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has found that support for First Amendment freedoms is at a 10-year high among high school students.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, First Amendment, FirstAmendment, Knight Foundation, recent-news, survey

Texas court punts on issuing decisive FERPA ruling

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February 1, 2017September 5, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

Days before the end of his tenure as a regent of the University of Texas, Wallace L. Hall saw his request for documents related to a university scandal denied by the Texas Supreme Court.

Tagged blog, blogrool, FERPA, lawsuit, open records, recent-news, Texas

A pair of California bills tackle media literacy education

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January 19, 2017November 12, 2018 James Hoyt

Battling hoaxes and partisan news, legislators in California are the latest to propose curriculum changes in order to educate students about the media they consume daily.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, California, fake-news, legislation, media-literacy-education, recent-news

After Wyoming Senate kills student privacy bill, legislative proactivity comes into question

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January 18, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

State senators in Wyoming last week voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have given students a heightened sense of digital privacy.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, law, legislation, online-privacy, recent-news, student privacy, Wyoming

In wanting to expel a student responsible for a shooting scare, Philadelphia school district misses an opportunity to foster conversation

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January 13, 2017September 5, 2018 James Hoyt

School officials in Pennsylvania have suspended, and are seeking to expel, a student for posting a video mash-up with the song "Pumped Up Kicks."

Tagged blog, Blogroll, lawsuit, Pennsylvania, recent-news, social media

Michigan Supreme Court denies appeal in secret meetings lawsuit

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December 2, 2016September 5, 2018 Lev Facher

The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to hear a case challenging the University of Michigan Board of Regents’ ability to hold closed-door “pre-meetings.”

Tagged appeal, blog, Blogroll, lawsuit, open-meetings, recent-news, sack-secrecy, University of Michigan

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