Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2016
Publication Source
School Business Affairs
Abstract
In the December 2014 issue of School Business Affairs, this column (Russo 2014) addressed a case from Pennsylvania, Munroe v. Central Bucks School District (2014), that explored the free speech rights of public school teachers who blog on the Internet.
In Munroe, a school board in Pennsylvania dismissed a tenured high school teacher who posted controversial, derogatory remarks about her students and others on her personal blog. The Third Circuit subsequently affirmed that insofar as the blog entries were disruptive to school operations, the teacher’s dismissal did not violate the First Amendment (Munroe 2015).
Munroe highlights the need for school business officials (SBOs) and other education leaders to be vigilant about teachers’ use of social media. Using Munroe as a departure point, this column first reviews the facts and judicial rationale in Munroe, because it provides food for thought for education leaders, and then offers updated recommendations for SBOs, their boards, and other education leaders to consider in developing policies to regulate teacher blogs.
Inclusive pages
35-39
ISBN/ISSN
0036-651X
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2016, ASBO International
Publisher
Association of School Business Officials
Volume
82
Issue
2
Place of Publication
Reston, VA
eCommons Citation
Russo, Charles J. and Heath, Marcus, "Teacher Blogging Redux: Post with Caution" (2016). Educational Leadership Faculty Publications. 188.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eda_fac_pub/188
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Education Law Commons, Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration Commons, First Amendment Commons, Supreme Court of the United States Commons
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