Category: Education

Fox News just aired a short discussion about schools suspending students because of what they (the students) posted on myspace.com. The question was whether schools had the right to do this. The schools were acting within their rights if the activities occurred at school using school computers. The report, however, indicated that the alleged offenses … Continue reading School authority stops at the curb

I prefer the local take on Colorado teacher Jay Bennish’s remark comparing President George Bush to Hitler. The national networks have quoted him out of context, failed to mention that his is an honors class in “human geography,” and implied strongly that the student walkout was an indictment when in fact it was, for the … Continue reading Freedom of speech; let him teach