Missouri Won’t Let Teachers Friend Students on Facebook
Teachers in Missouri may want to spend the last few days before school begins removing their students from their friends list on Facebook. Missouri Senate Bill 54, just signed by Gov. Jay Nixon, prohibits contact between teachers and students on social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
The measure is supposed to clearly define student-teacher boundaries. But, according to some educators, the bill isn’t clear enough.
“It says current and former students, that’s what the bill reads,” a Nixa, Mo., School District spokesperson told Missouri’s KSPR. “Does that mean students you’ve had in the classroom, the school district? What if you’ve changed school districts?”
Some teachers use Facebook to communicate with entire classes, providing information on homework or other activities, however only private communication is forbidden. Teachers can set up fan pages that anyone can like, including students and parents.
Newsfeed Archives
- November 2024
- October 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- October 2020
- August 2019
- August 2018
- May 2016
- September 2014
- April 2014
- December 2013
- April 2013
- August 2011
- July 2011
elsewhere
- An interview with Karlan Sick, Board President
- BOOKS CAN HELP INCARCERATED TEENS SUCCEED
- Books Through Bars
- Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program
- Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
- Life Lessons Through Literacy for Incarcerated Teens
- Passages Academy Libraries
- Passages Academy Schools
- Read This
- What's Good in the Library?
- Women and Prison