Site Policies

Site Policies


Our Newsroom's
Participation Policy


Our online newsroom is 
intended to provide an 
interactive forum where 
interested adults can 
gather and discuss 
a wide range of issues 
related to our work and 
professional interests.

            We welcome the healthy expression of feedback and questions 
in the form of comments, which we will moderate to ensure that 
content on this site remains appropriate to the community 
standards of site readers. We encourage constructive criticism and 
healthy debate. We will not reject comments simply because an 
author's opinions differ from my opinions. Please ensure that 
comments respect others and remain ethical by avoiding:

·                vulgar language.
·                personal attacks or inappropriate remarks against a person or 
group.
·                material that is not related to the topics intended for discussion 
on this site.
·                spam, commercial solicitations, or promotion of commercial 
services and products, political agendas, etc.
·                links to sites that contain material that could offend readers of 
this site.
·                information that is factually incorrect.
We reserve the right to remove or block authors who violate 
this policy.

Comments left by others on this site do not necessarily reflect 
our own views or policies.

Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
This site may discuss matters related to student work and interests.
Therefore, site authors must exercise care to ensure that posts and 
comments on this site comply with FERPA. Refer to the
U.S. Department of Education's FERPA website for guidelines. 
According to the U.S. Department of Education:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 
U.S.C.§ 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the 
privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools 
that receive funds under anapplicable program of the U.S. 
Department of Education. FERPA gives parents certain rights with 
respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to 
the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school 
beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have 
transferred are "eligible students." Generally, schools must have 
written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to 
release any information from a student's education record.
However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without 
consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions 
(34 CFR § 99.31): Schools may disclose, without consent, "directory" 
information such as a student's name, address, telephone number, date 
and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance.
          However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about
directory information and allow parents and eligible students a
reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose
directory information about them. Schools must notify parents and 
eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. The actual
means of notification (special letter, inclusion in a PTA bulletin,
student handbook, or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of 
each school.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

This site may discuss matters related to student work and interests.
Therefore, site authors must exercise care to ensure that posts and 
comments on this site comply with COPPA. Refer to the
U.S. Federal Trade Commission's website for COPPA for more 
information. Site authors must also ensure compliance with 
COPPA guidelines published by the Federal Trade Commission
(click here for guidelines).

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