Friday Snippets - 8/08/08: The Eights are Wild.

An anti-bullying bill that includes protections for homosexual and transgender students and teachers is in the New York Senate.

West Virginia teachers file suit claiming they were mislead into investing their retirement dollars into bad annuities. Little tip for teachers ... ALWAYS stick with the defined benefit plan if possible.

WV also having strong discussions about random student drug testing. (Hope someone brought up the 4th Amendment in those conversations).

Arizona special session to fund school vouchers?

And, vouchers will be on the ballot in Florida, pending appeal. Even if they are tied to less controversial measures.

We are still fighting in Hawaii over the teacher random drug testing policy.

Texas teachers are claiming the private school oriented dropout education program resembles vouchers.

Also, teachers in Nevada are fighting property tax increase limitations with procedural matters.

If teachers seem feisty this week, maybe it is because they are not being paid all that well lately.

Arkansas considering defibrillators in schools.

Lotteries and Education ... well, sort of.

We got so many tests, we don't even know what to name them all.


Around the Blogosphere ... it was sort of a slow week:

Jim Gerl composes his letter to the candidates ... thanks to all those that contributed.

Mark W. has the 5th Circuit considering Texas' moment of silence law (I think it will be upheld) and concerning 4th Amendment case on a timeout closet being upheld by the 10th Circuit.

Jen Weissman thinks we should be doing more training for pre-service teachers on ethics and the law. I totally, 100%, absolutely, ... agree. I am happy to report that at UK I will be teaching a course to at least some undergrad future teachers on the law and ethics ... but it should be all of them.

Students like Junior faculty in law school, Mitchell R. cites. Good - hope it works for education schools too.

Karl Romberger reminds us that sometimes state law can go further than FERPA.

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