Amanda Klinger, Esq. They/them

‘My kids were left stranded’: School bus driver fired after reportedly dropping elementary students off at cemetery A Colorado school bus driver reportedly dropped a number of elementary school students off at cemetery instead of their regular stops.

About 40 elementary school students in Colorado were allegedly forced off the bus at a cemetery in 30 degree weather after a substitute bus driver was 'driving erratically' and 'yelling at them' 😶 www.wkyt.com/2024/11/21/m...

Also also also, the only thing that we actually, truly know about visible, intrusive school security 'mitigations' is that they have (to varying degrees) negative impact on student experience and school climate. We KNOW we can't march kids through metal detectors w/o impacting academic achievement.

Just had a conversation with a reporter today about exactly this issue. So much of the physical security we insert into our schools has completely unknown efficacy, but if you ever ask a question like "does this thing actually work?" you are treated as if you want kids to be unsafe in schools.

Ohio principal resigns after investigation into his helping former homeless student Robert Burnside, a beloved high school principal in the Cincinnati suburbs, has resigned. Some of his former students are outraged.

The questions actually asked just strike me so funny. They remind me of how you would guide a toddler to think about their actions. 🤣🤣

Did you consider the liability???

Won't SOMEONE consider the liability??
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/e...

If the charge against the principal was insubordination (among other things) wouldn't more critical -hypothetical- questions be something like: "Why did you allow this student to attend class after you were instructed not to do so?" Or "why are you acting in contravention of board policy?"

Mostly, this is an excuse to share the wildly absurd questions asked at the pre-discipline meeting:
"Where was he [the student]laying his head at night?"

"Did he ever get hurt? If so, how? Did you consider the liability of this since he was unenrolled?"

Did you consider the liability? 🤣🤣

Ohio HS principal resigned after Nov pre-disciplinary meeting re: allegations that he helped a former student (who was not enrolled this school year) attend classes and eat lunch at the school. Chatter on social media indicates the student was 'un-enrolled' bc he was experiencing homelessness.

Ex-Assistant Principal at School Where 6-Year-Old Shot Teacher Is Indicted A former administrator at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., where a first-grade teacher was shot last year, has been charged with eight counts of child abuse and neglect.

I agree, charging parents of shooters isn't likely to move the needle. (Not that it ought not happen, it's just not the most compelling lever) I'm closely watching the criminal charges of school officials in connection with these tragedies. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/u...

Great thread. This makes me wonder about a "fair use" challenge where an EAS (or similar) tone is used for 'artistic' purposes. Wasn't that a thing in pop culture for a while? Or maybe I'm thinking of the "motion picture start' tone sequence.

In the fall before this assignment, students were given the school's "written policy on Academic Dishonesty and AI expectations" that said students "shall not use AI tools during in-class examinations, processed writing assignments, homework or classwork unless explicitly permitted and instructed."

It gets better, though! And by "better" I mean "how did this even make it to trial???"

HS student pasted text generated by grammarly, submitted the work as their own. The AI had hallucinated several of the "cited sources", and when the teacher checked the version history, this student had only worked 52 mins when classmates worked 7-9 hours 😬🧐🧐

School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules Student “indiscriminately copied and pasted text,” including AI hallucinations.

Using generative AI for old-school plagiarism (copying, pasting, passing off as your own work) is still plagiarism according to the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Commentary via @arstechnica.com arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

I quit Twitter so long ago that I'm laughably out of the loop with this type of social modality. Do we communicate primarily via GIFs?? No?? That's just me?