ERIC Number: EJ972494
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan-25
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Speech Cases Turned Aside by High Court
Walsh, Mark
Education Week, v31 n18 p1, 22 Jan 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court declined without comment to take up two major appeals involving student free-speech rights on the Internet. One appeal encompassed two cases decided in favor of students last June by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, in Philadelphia. The other appeal stemmed from a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia, upholding a West Virginia school district's discipline of a student over Internet bullying of a another student. The high court's refusal to take up appeals involving school discipline of student speech on the Internet leaves the state of the law unclear for school leaders, parents, and students themselves. Administrators still seek guidance despite the Supreme Court's denial of the cases.
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Internet, Freedom of Speech, Information Policy, Social Networks, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Use, Discipline Policy, Legal Responsibility, Civil Rights, Student Rights
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Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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