RTÉ reports: Early Childhood Ireland has called for action in the wake of the RTÉ Investigates programme into the Hyde & Seek chain of crèches. The representative body for crèches said the revelations caused “enormous anguish” among many of its members, and there is now an opportunity to transform the [Read More…]
CBS/AP reports: A school district in Texas will begin drug testing students as young as 12 years old who are interested in playing sports or participating in other extracurricular activities. Testing will begin with the resumption of classes next month at Bushland Independent School District and will be required of [Read More…]
AP reports: Google is expected to pay a multimillion dollar penalty from the Federal Trade Commission over its handling of kids’ information on its popular video site YouTube. That’s according to a Washington Post report that Google has reached a settlement with the agency. The FTC was reportedly investigating YouTube [Read More…]
Carissa Woytach reports: A Lorain Schools administrator could have violated student privacy laws, according to a legal opinion presented at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. While testifying to the Ohio Senate Education Committee last month, Rae Bastock submitted absentee data for students at Longfellow Middle School. Bastock originally was the [Read More…]