Education
Maryland and D.C. win “Race to the Top” grants
Maryland, the District of Columbia and eight other states were chosen to receive federal grant money in the second round of the “Race to the Top” competition, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island will also share in the $3.4 billion. Print PDF
The Safe Schools Act: How far is too far?
By: Cheryl Chado Imagine the following situation: Dave is walking home from baseball practice and out of sheer boredom, takes a swing at a neighbor’s mailbox. The neighbor, who happens to be looking out the window, sees him and calls the police. Dave is arrested for malicious destruction of property. Consider Bryan, a child with [...]
Cyber-bullying and the Constitution
The Extent of School Officials’ Authority to Undertake Preventative and Punitive Measures for Student Bullying in Cyber Space By: Kristen Kelley Remember that big kid on the playground that always took your lunch money and pushed you around? He was the school bully and he existed in almost every elementary or middle school across the [...]
PGCPS Adopts Total Student Cell Phone Ban
The school board for Prince George’s County Public Schools’ recently adopted the most sweeping student cell phone ban of any other local school system in the Washington, DC region. http://bit.ly/cZzBO7. Could it be the PGCPS Board of Education is concerned about much more than annoying ringtones too often heard during class when they cause a [...]
MCPS deal with Pearson may lower education standard
Patrick Hoover discusses the negative effect that MCPS’s deal with Pearson could have for in-county parents.
The ABCs of IEPs Part 3: Drafting the IEP
Pat Hoover details the next step in the IEP process: Drafting the IEP.
Cell phone use in school should be a compromise, not a ban
Should students be allowed to text in school? Not all day, but they’re should be some sort of compromise.
Montgomery County’s budget slashes cannot yield Special Education cuts
By: Kristen Kelley Montgomery County is facing yet another set of budget cuts that are feared to have a disappointing effect on school funding. Despite increased student enrollment in Montgomery County Schools, the Council approved another $24 million in budget cuts, notwithstanding the $137 million already cut earlier this year. The pressure is not simply on the [...]
Student Discipline and the Law
Juvenile law practitioners heard a unique presentation on Friday in Rockville, Md., on an important area of juvenile law that few have fully mastered: school discipline law and the legal significance of school sanctions, in the school house and the court house. The lawyers group enthusiastically welcomed Alyssa Fieo, Director of Legal Advocacy for the Maryland Disability Law [...]
Webcams, School Laptops & Alleged Student Drug Trafficking…UNBELIEVABLE!
A federal class action lawsuit (Robbins v. Lower Merion School District) has been filed against a school district in suburban Philadelphia alleging that its school-supplied laptops were improperly used to observe students in their homes. As part of what the school district characterizes as an anti-theft program, Lower Merion School District remotely activated cameras (web [...]
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