The Associated Press (AP) reports in the Huffington Post that a 16-year-old student in Southern Michigan has been arrested after authorities said he threatened a teacher in an online posting, the latest clampdown on unruly students in the wake of the recent Connecticut school massacre.
Continue reading...According to a report from the Student Press Law Center, Granite City High School Principal Jim Greenwald has suspended 10 students for comments they made on Twitter, and the principal says more suspensions could follow for students protesting the school’s decision.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...According to a WSBT TV report in the South Bend Tribune, Kimberly Hester, a teacher’s aide at Frank Squires Elementary in Cassopolis, Michigan, is in a legal battle with Lewis Cass Intermediate School District (LCISD) for suspending her from her position after refusing to give the district access to her Facebook page. Hester says she became a [...]
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