Big Bloomberg is watching
Smells Like: college , Muslims , privacyNYPD conducts routine surveillance on Muslim college students, including daily reviews of student websites, blogs, and most recently undercover presence at a rafting trip near Buffalo attended by Muslim undergrads from the City College of New York. Although Mayor Bloomberg defends such invasion of privacy, we must agree with Yale President Richard Levin who stated
"I am writing to state, in the strongest possible terms, that police surveillance based on religion, nationality, or peacefully expressed political opinions is antithetical to the values of Yale, the academic community, and the United States."
STORY: Bloomberg And Yale President Richard Levin Face Off On Police Surveilling Muslim Students
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Wait til your father gets home
Smells Like: GLBT , middle school , privacy , UtahDespite his protests, a Willow Creek Middle School Student was outed to his parents by the school as part of a "bullying prevention effort." So the Alpine School District figures that violating student's right to privacy is a necessary part of prevention. Thankfully the boy's parents have been supportive of their son, but what if this weren't the case? Consider this blog as an official outing (without permission of course) of the school district decision makers as DUMB and DANGEROUS.
STORY: Utah Middle School Defends Outing Gay Student To Parents As Bullying Prevention Effort
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School plumbing inspection gone wild
Smells Like: middle school , New Jersey , nudity , principal , privacyVolunteer middle school principal Patrick Lott (Bernardsville Middle School) is in the slammer facing charges that he videotaped 22 boys (9 of whom were under the age of 16) as they showered at Immaculata High School. This "plumbing inspection" occurred over a three year period, starting in 2008. Perhaps Patrick is just a plumber wanna-be or is understandably obsessed with faucets, shower heads, and floor drains. We recommend that Mr. Lott seek career counseling or professional help from PA (Plumbers Anonymous).
STORY: Patrick Lott, Middle School Principal, Arrested For Allegedly Recording Boys Showering
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BIG BROTHER: California students get tracking devices
Smells Like: California , privacy , technologyA California preschool is outfitting students with a jersey that has a tracking device to automatically take attendance and determine if the kids have eaten yet. I'd imagine the local teenage hackers will have fun with this.
STORY: California students get tracking devices
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BIG BROTHER: Students Spied on by School Issued Laptop Webcams
Smells Like: computers , Pennsylvania , privacy , rights , technologyThese are the stories that keep us getting out of bed in the morning. An affluent school district in PA decided it would be an awesome idea to give all the students laptops - and then use the built-in webcams to spy on the kids while at home!
Apparently Lindy Matsko, an assistant principal at Harriton High School, told a student that school officials thought he had engaged in "improper behavior" at home and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in student's personal laptop issued by the school.
Of course, the family of the student has now filed a class action lawsuit against the entire district. This is really amazing.. they were spying on kids at home through the webcams, and then disciplining kids for actions that took place at home! Out of control.
You can read the entire court complaint here: Robbins v. Lower Merion School District (PDF)
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School using laptops to spy on students
Smells Like: computers , Pennsylvania , privacy , rights , technology
Story: School district accused of spying on kids via laptop webcams
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Teacher Accused of Videotaping Kids in Restroom
Smells Like: poop , privacy , teachers , technology , TexasStory: Teacher Accused of Videotaping Kids in Restroom
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Teacher broke law by posting top test scores
Smells Like: grades , law , Minnesota , privacy , teachers , testsStory: Teacher broke law by posting top test scores
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"Slut List" rocks top-ranked N.J. school
Smells Like: bully , harassment , New Jersey , privacy , sexStory:
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Transgender teen wants genderless bathrooms
Smells Like: GLBT , harassment , privacy , protest , VermontStory: Transgender Vt. teen wants genderless bathrooms
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Students protest surveillance of two girls kissing
Smells Like: GLBT , parents , privacy , protest , rights , technology , washington
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12-year old girl forced to take pregnancy test at school
Smells Like: California , harassment , law , nurse , pregnancy , privacy , rights , sex
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Web site invites kids to snitch on bullies
Smells Like: bully , internet , privacy , technology , UtahStory: Web site invites kids to report bullies incognito
PRO: Students will not be embarrassed or shy to report bullying
CON: Bullies will become outraged at snitches and begin targeting them even more
PRO: The school can keep tabs on behavior patters among students
CON: Students can report false information, causing a lack of resources for faculty to investigate each case
PRO: Some students will feel safer knowing that problems have been reported
CON: Students will not develop natural social skills like the previous 25 generations
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Kids Pulled From Transgender Teacher's Class
Smells Like: California , GLBT , parents , privacy , teachersStory: Kids Pulled From Transgender Teacher's Class
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Skip school in Texas, wear a GPS bracelet
Smells Like: attendance , policy , privacy , rights , Texas , weirdStory: Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets
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School rebuked for ibuprofen strip search
Smells Like: Arizona , drugs , health , law , nurse , privacy , rights
Story: School rebuked for ibuprofen strip search
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Rhode Island School to Begin Microchipping Students
Smells Like: privacy , Rhode Island , rights , technology
Story: School District to Begin Microchipping Students
They want to track kids getting on and off buses by putting chips in everyone's back pack. This way parents and teachers will always know the exact location of every student. They also plan to constantly transmit signals and subliminal messages telling children to "CONSUME." Oh, and RoboCop will be enforcing attendance when kids are caught where they shouldn't be.
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Nude student photos shock local middle school
Smells Like: cell phone , New Jersey , nudity , privacy , sex , technology
Story: Nude student photos shock local middle school
Young teens trade nude photos of each other as if it was candy. No more digging through the back of dad's closet if you want to see a naked chick...you can just have a friend send you a text image of the cute girl in school during geometry class. The sad thing- it's only a matter of time until this epidemic strikes elementary schools.
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Memphis High School in ACLU Crosshairs for Outing 2 Gay Students
Smells Like: GLBT , principal , privacy , rights , Tennessee
Story: Memphis High School in ACLU Crosshairs for Outing 2 Gay Students
It's hard enough being a gay teen in society. Add that to being in high school and we've got quite the formula for future psychotherapy candidates. I am sure it's well within a principals rights to humiliate students by making it public knowledge that they're gay. Somebody must have done a number on her when she was in school.
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Assistant Principal Accused Of Peeping In Woman's Window
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