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Free Speech
The Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center offers commentary,
news and resources to promote understanding the implications
of the First Amendment in schools
Due
Process
The American Civil Liberties Union provides information
about such school issues as due process for students threatened
with suspension, the right to religious freedom and access
to student records
Dress
Codes
Check out the U.S. Dept. of Ed. Manual on School Uniforms,
which offers guidelines on creating dress codes
Bullies
Beware
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services
marshals a variety of national and international research
on juvenile bullying and prevention
Resegregation
Read, watch and listen to the Merrow Report, an ongoing
education series on public TV and radio, examining resegregation
of U.S. Schools
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Civil
Rights
Read Gary Orfield's report, Schools More Separate: Consequences
of a Decade of Resegregation at the Civil Rights Project Web
site
Zero Tolerance
Civil Rights Project study of zero tolerance policies that
schools imposed in the wake of highly publicized school shootings
Copyright
Teachers, librarians and students need to know what they
can copy, whether it’s books, music or digital information.
The Copyright Implementation Manual of Groton Public Schools
in Mystic, Conneticut, serves as a model to help schools
Gatekeeping
Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse, run by the Consortium
for School Networking, opposes the federal law, saying that
acceptable-use policies should be decided at the local level.
The site offers a checklist for school policy decision-making
on internet usage
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