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Florida appellate court rules that student email complaining about professor’s classroom behavior and teaching methods was an education record protected from disclosure under FERPA

A Florida Appeals court has ruled that a college did not violate the state public records law by refusing to provide a professor with an unredacted copy of a student’s email complaining about the professor’s classroom behavior and teaching methods, because the email was protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

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Former student’s Title IX suit faults Michigan district’s response to sexual assault and cyberbullying reports

A Michigan former high student student is suing school officials under Title IX claiming they failed to properly investigate allegations she was sexually assaulted at school by a prominent athlete, and ignored her claims of cyberbullying that forced her to leave school.

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Federal appeals court finds Kentucky out-of-district student entitled to Goss hearing prior to removal and cell phone search unconstitutional

The Sixth Circuit ruled that a school district violated an out-of-district student’s due process rights when it removed him from school without providing him with a pre-expulsion hearing, and violated his search and seizure rights when a school administrator viewed text messages on his cell phone that had been properly confiscated.

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ETS Commission calls for new tests to focus on student assessment to improve classroom instruction

As reported in Education Week, emerging technology and research on learning have the potential to dramatically improve assessments, if educators and policymakers take a more balanced approach to using them.

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Texas introduces bills to ban use of student tracking system

The San Antonio Express-News reports that two Texas state lawmakers have filed three bills that would ban the use of radio frequency identification technology in public schools.

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Former employees claim fraud against Pennsylvania cyber-charter school operator

According to The Notebook, a number of former employees claim that K12, Inc, a for-profit education company, used dubious and sometimes fraudulent tactics to mask astronomical rates of student turnover in its national network of cyber charter schools.

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Maryland district agrees to end plan to install biometric palm readers in its schools

The Rutherford Institute has issued a press release announcing that the Carroll County Public Schools has agreed to cease installation of biometric palm readers in its schools, and seeks an alternative program to meet CCPS’ efficiency goals.

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Mississippi districts consider allowing student use of personal cellphones and other technology in class

According to the NEMS Daily Journal, the concept of “Bring Your Own Technology” has arrived at Northeastern Mississippi school districts. As schools try to add more technology during a time when they are receiving less funding, many will begin to consider allowing students to use devices they already own.

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Federal appellate court reverses preliminary injunction barring Missouri district from disciplining students for online blog posts

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that a federal district court erred in granting two students a preliminary injunction barring a school district from suspending the students for posts to an online blog.

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Virginia Supreme Court affirms ruling in favor of school board in “open meetings” FOIA case

The Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed a circuit court decision that the Fairfax County School Board did not violate the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, as the exchange of e-mails among board members discussing the closing of a district elementary school did not constitute a “meeting” under FOIA.

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