https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2017-10-07 18:34:31 UTC 2025-05-06 07:03:57 UTC hello@padlet.com estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209515720 Some schools are hiring companies to monitor student social media posts. "Friending" students to gain access to posts. Colleges are rejecting student applications based on inappropriate social media posts. ACLU feels as though schools don't have the right to do this.]]> 2017-11-22 17:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209515720 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209519424 Michigan Senate approves legislation to allow the concealed carry of handguns.  Democrats strongly oppose indicating that this will cause more violence.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/09/michigan-senate-oks-concealed-carry-guns/847717001/

]]> 2017-11-22 18:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209519424 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209521920 Teacher tried to block student from leaving the building, by putting her arm out.  This caused the student to fall off of a scooter and sustain significant injuries.  Court ruled teacher not at fault because their intent was not to harm. 

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/11/parents_blocked_from_suing_mid.html#incart_river_index]]> 2017-11-22 18:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209521920 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209523369 U.S. Department of Education is now requiring schools to report religious-based bullying and harassment. 
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-us-has-started-tracking-religious-discrimination-in-schools_us_57d70434e4b06a74c9f6052b

]]> 2017-11-22 18:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209523369 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209524201 A teacher posted a video of what appeared to be of them taking a hijab off of a student's head.  An investigation indicated that the teacher did not do that, however, they were fired for posting the video on social media, which the district felt was a lack of cultural sensitivity. 

http://www.wsmv.com/story/36855510/teacher-fired-after-posting-video-of-hijab-being-removed-from-students-head]]> 2017-11-22 18:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209524201 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209528053 This article discusses the change from tenure-based layoffs to performance-based layoffs, in PA. 

http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2014/07/pa_teacher_tenure_legislation.html]]> 2017-11-22 18:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209528053 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209528632 2017-11-22 18:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209528632 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209529353 Parents are suing a school district in Ohio for liability for their son's suicide.  The parents claim that he was the victim of ongoing bullying that school administration was indifferent to.  The article indicates that most liability cases like this get settled before they get to the Supreme Court.  However, there is one that is scheduled for the Supreme Court in 2018. 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/ohio/articles/2017-08-12/parents-test-school-liability-in-bullying-and-child-suicide]]> 2017-11-22 18:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209529353 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209531016 A school in Alabama is no longer allowed to pray over the public address system before football games.  A parent had written a letter to the district complaining that this was illegal.  The superintendent acknowledged that this is illegal, though he doesn't agree. 
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/09/22/oh-my-god-school-bans-student-led-prayers-at-football-games.html]]> 2017-11-22 18:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209531016 estine3 https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209533237 Students share their concerns in regard to their rights to privacy. They feel like metal detectors would be more reasonable. Administrators indicated that any student who arrives late to school or leaves school and comes back is automatically searched. The administrator talks about probable cause in other cases.]]> 2017-11-22 19:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/estine3/czbcw3bykrff/wish/209533237