In response to parent complaints that the public posting of an Honor Roll would embarrass students without good grades, Nashville school lawyers recommended that the practice be stopped–as well as awards for good attendance and other academic achievement. When protests reached the state education department, the general counsel interpreted state privacy laws as prohibiting the dissemination of an honor roll without parental permission. While the concept seems absurd, another school system had to defend the practice of students grading each other’s exams all the way to the Supreme Court. (Matt Gouras, AP, Jan. 24). There’s no legal consequence to being overconservative and avoiding a lawsuit, and one can hardly expect bureaucrats to defend good educational policy if their wallets are potentially personally at issue.
Tennessee schools end honor roll over privacy laws
In response to parent complaints that the public posting of an Honor Roll would embarrass students without good grades, Nashville school lawyers recommended that the practice be stopped–as well as awards for good attendance and other academic achievement. When protests reached the state education department, the general counsel interpreted state privacy laws as prohibiting the […]
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“In response to parent complaints that the public posting of an Honor Roll would embarrass (Tennessee) students without good grades…”…