‘ED NEWS & POLITICS’ Archives
Update: Federal Subpoenas Issued in PA School Webcam Spy Case
Apparently the FBI is hard at work in the Lower Merion (PA) School District. According to the latest news at Philly.com, a "grand jury subpoena, delivered yesterday, asked for a broad range of records related to the so-called webcams and the security system that district officials used to activate them, said a lawyer who had been briefed about the [...]
Update: Family In School Webcam Spy Case Speaks Out
Some details regarding the law suit against Lower Merion (PA) school district are emerging. The family speaks to the media for the first time. ABC Coverage of School Webcam Spy Case
Update:FBI Investigating PA School Webcam Spying
From the Associated Press: "A law-enforcement official with knowledge of the case says the FBI has opened a criminal investigation into a Pennsylvania school district accused of activating webcams inside students' homes without their knowledge. "The official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, says the FBI will explore [...]
Public Schools Out of Control
Yesterday, we learned that at a poorly performing Rhode Island school, Superintendent Frances Gallo intends to fire every teacher this month because the teachers union refuses to comply with the elements of the intended "transformation plan" that includes 25-minute longer school day, summer teaching training, lunch with the kids once a week, and [...]
Freedom of Information Request Reveals Teacher Abuses
What happens when Washington, D.C. Schools Chancellor, Michelle A. Rhee, tells a business magazine that “an unspecified number of teachers laid off during October budget reductions ‘had hit children’ and the Washington Post follows up with a Freedom of Information Act request for some information local police obtained from Hawk One, the [...]
