My online newsroom is intended to provide an interactive forum where interested adults can gather and discuss a wide range of issues related to our work and professional interests.
I welcome the healthy expression of feedback and questions in the form of comments, which I will moderate to ensure that content on this site remains appropriate to the community standards of site readers. I encourage constructive criticism and healthy debate. I will not reject comments simply because an author's opinions differ from my opinions. Please ensure that comments respect others and remain ethical by avoiding:
I welcome the healthy expression of feedback and questions in the form of comments, which I will moderate to ensure that content on this site remains appropriate to the community standards of site readers. I encourage constructive criticism and healthy debate. I will not reject comments simply because an author's opinions differ from my opinions. Please ensure that comments respect others and remain ethical by avoiding:
- vulgar language.
- personal attacks or inappropriate remarks against a person or group.
- material that is not related to the topics intended for discussion on this site.
- spam, commercial solicitations, or promotion of commercial services and products, political agendas, etc.
- links to sites that contain material that could offend readers of this site.
- information that is factually incorrect.
I reserve the right to remove or block authors who violate this policy.
Comments left by others on this site do not necessarily reflect my own views or policies.
Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
This site may discuss matters related to student work and interests. Therefore, site authors must exercise care to ensure that posts and comments on this site comply with FERPA. Refer to the U.S. Department of Education's FERPA website for guidelines. According to the U.S. Department of Education:
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
This site may discuss matters related to student work and interests. Therefore, site authors must exercise care to ensure that posts and comments on this site comply with COPPA. Refer to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's website for COPPA for more information. Site authors must also ensure compliance with COPPA guidelines published by the Federal Trade Commission (click here for guidelines).
Comments left by others on this site do not necessarily reflect my own views or policies.
Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
This site may discuss matters related to student work and interests. Therefore, site authors must exercise care to ensure that posts and comments on this site comply with FERPA. Refer to the U.S. Department of Education's FERPA website for guidelines. According to the U.S. Department of Education:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."
Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):
Schools may disclose, without consent, "directory" information such as a student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose directory information about them. Schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. The actual means of notification (special letter, inclusion in a PTA bulletin, student handbook, or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of each school.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
This site may discuss matters related to student work and interests. Therefore, site authors must exercise care to ensure that posts and comments on this site comply with COPPA. Refer to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's website for COPPA for more information. Site authors must also ensure compliance with COPPA guidelines published by the Federal Trade Commission (click here for guidelines).
