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When should increased security measures outweigh your privacy rights in school?

Posted By llad On March 24, 2012 @ 3:33 am In | Comments Disabled

By The Education Department, National Constitution Center

Students review landmark court cases and current events to deliberate the issue of privacy and security.

Objectives

Through the use of cases and school policy, students will be able to define student privacy rights and then evaluate the necessity and constitutionality of increased security measures in schools, such as cell phone content searches.

Handouts provided: Evaluating Search Procedures, Court Cases, Developing a Point of View

Cases:
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
Board of Education of Independent School District #92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002)
Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2009)

When should increased security measures outweigh your privacy rights in school? [1]


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