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Sydney Spies, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Violence on College Campuses, and Teachers and Students Online
The first update is a non-update: Remember Sydney Spies, the Colorado high school senior who was going to sue her school (or the school board, or somebody) because the yearbook wouldn’t run any of her racy photos as her official graduation photo? With just a bit over three weeks remaining … Continue reading
Arkansas Supreme Court Okays Teacher-Student Sex
It’s illegal for adults to have sex with anybody below the legal age of consent. Well, that’s true by definition. But in about half the states, it’s also specifically a felony — not just unethical, not just a firing offense — for a teacher to have sex with a student … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News, Polls
Tagged Constitution, sex, Supreme Court, teachers
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Middle School Teacher Fired For Posting Naked Self-Photo on Facebook
A middle school teacher (and high school football coach ) in Maine has been fired after posting a nude photo of himself on his Facebook page. What complicates an obvious offense-and-punishment is that he’d intended to send the photo to a friend — but hit the wrong button and shared … Continue reading
Monday Round-Up
If You Believe This One, I Have a Bridge To Sell You Pennsylvania brothers are accused of stealing a 15 1/2 ton bridge Who Owns Twitter Followers? If you create a Twitter account as part of your job, and then you leave the company, can you take your followers with … Continue reading
Missouri Teachers Win a Stay on the Facebook Rule
Wednesday (August 24), a judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing a portion of a new Missouri law (prohibiting teachers from Facebook-friending students, or former students under the age of 18, or entering into any similar one-on-one social media relationship) from taking effect at least until February 20, 2012. We’ve already … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Editorials, News
Tagged Facebook, lawsuits, Missouri, polls, teachers
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Update: Missouri Teachers Sue Over ”Facebook” Law
Friday afternoon [August 19], the Missouri State Teachers Association filed suit to block the portion of a new state law that prohibits teachers from “friending” current and former students on Facebook or having similar one-on-one relationships on other social media, claiming that this violates their free speech rights. State Senator … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Editorials, Lawsuits, News, Polls
Tagged Facebook, friending, lawsuits, Missouri, teachers
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