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"A revised policy governing student publications at the Northern Highlands Regional School district would require students to divulge anonymous sources to their advisers, the Record reported."

"In an e-mail to the Pennsylvania School Press Association that was obtained by The Inquirer, adviser Tara Huber said that she was suspended without pay for "willful neglect of duties and insubordination," and that the newspaper would have $1,200 docked from its student activity fund. The suspension came after Huber failed to prevent students from printing a copy of the paper in June in which they removed an op-ed article containing Redskin, a word they maintain is discriminatory.  Neshaminy principal Rob McGee did not return messages Tuesday afternoon. Huber, reached by telephone, said she could not discuss the matter further."

"Here, Mr. LoMonte reviews students' First Amendment rights and what student journalists can do to lessen the chances that school administrators will try to restrict their publications."

"Last week, allegations that a school-issue laptop computer had secretly snapped a photo in a Lower Merion teen's bedroom sparked a furor among many students, parents, and privacy experts in this region and nationwide. But there was one group less surprised than others: computer professionals, who have long worried about increasingly common Web cams and their ability to intrude anywhere laptops go."

A high school in Washington, D.C., on Friday named a former women's professional football player as its head varsity football coach, a move that a national women's sports advocacy group calls historic.

Two conflicting online student speech rights cases are scheduled to be reheard on June 3. The decisions, which are likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court, will govern Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and the Virgin Islands and dictate the authority schools have over what students write on social networking sites.

The New Jersey Education Association said Gov. Chris Christie's plan to alter the benefit and pension system could mean an exodus of teachers, with as many as 30,000 veteran teachers retiring before the next school year, a report on NorthJersey.com said.

A former student at Elizabethtown College was, indeed, probably surprised earlier this month after a Pennsylvania federal district court ruled that the school broke no rules when it hired a investigation service to snoop on his email account without his knowledge. In a disturbing decision - though, sadly, not particularly surprising to those of us who watch these things - the court again confirmed that when it comes to campus email, we live in public.

Doninger must file for appeal with the Supreme Court by July 25, and Blue Mountain School District must file by Sept. 12. The Supreme Court will then decide if it will hear either of the cases. They would be the first rulings from the high court on students' right to free speech on the Interne

WASHINGTON - They are the Sopranos of the Afghanistan war, a ruthless crime family that built an empire out of kidnapping, extortion, smuggling, even trucking. They have trafficked in precious gems, stolen lumber and demanded protection money from businesses building roads and schools with American reconstruction funds.

Hunterdon Central scored a resounding 42-7 victory over Bridgewater-Raritan in the semifinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 playoffs last night in Flemington.

This is a story from 2010.

"I want all of you to set a goal to continue your education after you graduate," Mr. Obama said to students at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington. "And if that means college for you, just getting into college isn't enough. You also have to graduate.

They're popping up along roads all over the place: electronic signs mounted on a trailer with the message: "Your Speed Is" some number that might surprise you. What do you do? Slow down. And that alone is helping make Hunterdon roads safer, especially for walkers and bicyclists. Clinton, Frenchtown and Raritan Township are among the area municipalities that own the signs. Others borrow the one HART Commuter Information Services owns. Using funds from the federal Safe Routes to School program, HART paid $5,000 for a refurbished solar-powered unit that it lends out for periods of up to a month.

On August 29, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) launched a new attendance policy across the county, creating a new measure to counter absences and tardies. The new attendance policy states that having three unlawful absences will result in an auto-generated letter sent from the MCPS Central Office to the parents or guardian of the student. Having five unlawful absences will put students in danger of losing credit in the classes they missed. In addition, the new attendance policy gives students an opportunity to regain credit from classes.

In England, women have the same rights as men-that is, unless they're royalty. The old-school rules of the British monarchy state that gender, not age, dictate lineage to the throne. So if Kate and Will had a girl, she'd only become queen if she didn't have a younger brother

P.S. 197's 550 students, from prekindergarten through fifth grade, still have regular physical education classes only once a week, but 40 fourth- and fifth-grade pupils show up daily for the optional program at 7 a.m., 80 minutes before the first bell.

It began last week with a single online comment, one critical of a high school display marking Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month.

"Four key U.S. Supreme Court decisions define student free expressions rights a school administrator should understand:"