ASBA Legal Newsletter

First edition

How to dodge legal asteroids in cyberspace and the blogosphere

Blogs, wikis and social networks are increasingly part of day to day life in today's classroom. Five headline-making cases illustrate the legal challenges these valuable education tools pose for school boards, students and their parents.

District accused of using laptop
webcams to spy on students at home

On November 11, 2009, Linda Matsko, Assistant Principal at Harriton High School, disciplined high school student Blake Robbins for inappropriate behavior in his home based on video evidence she collected from a webcam installed in a district laptop he had taken home. The district was able to remotely turn on the webcam — and did so without informing the family or asking for their permission. Read more »


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