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Families & the Community
Schools Are Using Social Networking to Involve Parents
Through Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, and text messages, districts are giving parents news and information about their children's schools.
Law & Courts
Pa. Plans Less-Severe Penalties for Minors Caught 'Sexting'
The new measure would make such acts a summary offense or a misdemeanor, depending on the circumstances, rather than the felony child-pornography charge currently filed in those cases.
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N.Y.C. Teens Pay Valets to Store Cellphones During School Hours
Thousands of students are paying a dollar a day to leave their digital devices in trucks parked near the schools as a result of the district's policy banning cellphones in school buildings.
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Durham, N.C., Students Can Now Text Anonymous Tips
The Text-A-Tip service can be used to report any safety-related concerns involving issues such as bullying, suicide prevention, sexting, or drug use.
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Opinion
Making the Case for Mobile Tech. Expansion
Schools around the world often ban the use of mobile devices on campus, but the writers argue for taking the complete opposite approach by integrating them into classroom learning.
School Climate & Safety
School Counselor Facebook Guide Released
The American School Counselor Association has combined with iKeepSafe to publish a guide to help school counselors make sense of Facebook and its on-campus impact.
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Facebook Considers Expanding Access to 13 and Younger Crowd
The revelation by the social-networking giant spurs a flurry of both interest and concern among ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog about the potential benefits and drawbacks if the company approves the move.
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N.Y.C. Outlines Social Media Guidelines for Educators
The guidelines recommend prohibiting students and teachers from being "friends" on popular social-networking sites such as Facebook.
School & District Management
Los Angeles District Hires First Social-Media Director
The new position may be the first in the country dedicated solely to building and overseeing a district’s social-media efforts, observers said.
School Climate & Safety
Students Create Fake Online Profiles to Bully Peers
Some behavior in such situations can now be deemed illegal under state cyberbullying laws or even cyber-impersonation and identify-theft laws.
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First Graders Read, Write, and Tweet in Ill. Classroom
Jodi Conrad's class at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill., is among a growing number that use social media and other technology to supplement lessons, even for very young students.
School Climate & Safety
Mental Health Experts Evaluate Role of Facebook
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline recently announced a revamped partnership with Facebook to use the site to help prevent suicides.
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Teen Callers Turn to Texting on Minn. Suicide Hotline
A suicide call center in the state is getting as many cellphone text messages from teenagers in a day as it used to get phone calls from teens in a month.
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Chat
E-Learning Creates Foreign Connections
Our guests in this chat shared their experiences establishing meaningful connections between their schools in the United States and schools in other countries.