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Peer reviewedZirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Law and Education, 2000
In the April 1999 issue of this journal, Michael Ferraraccio argues that the justifications advanced for using metal detectors in schools are not sufficiently compelling to outweigh students' Fourth Amendment privacy rights. In the accompanying Counterpoint, Robert Johnson cites lower court cases to support the constitutionality of their used on a…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy, Public Schools
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
In July 2000, the Commonwealth Court (of Pennsylvania) issued a decision upholding Bethlehem School District's 10-day suspension of a middle-schooler who had created a website that childishly ridiculed a teacher and the principal. This decision is another that subordinates students' 14th Amendment rights to school-safety concerns. (MLH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Freedom of Speech, Internet
