Offensive Student Web Sites: What Should Schools Do?.

Conn, Kathleen

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ERIC Number: EJ623008

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Offensive Student Web Sites: What Should Schools Do?

Conn, Kathleen

Educational Leadership, v58 n5 p74-77 Feb 2001

Threatening student web sites raise complex legal questions for schools. According to "Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), students' First Amendment rights must be abridged to ensure an orderly school environment. Recent litigation, educator rights, American Civil Liberties Union interventions, and legally defensible strategies for schools are discussed. (MLH)

Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Freedom of Speech, Legal Problems, School Responsibility, Secondary Education, Student Behavior, Student Rights, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Tinker v Des Moines Independent School District

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