As the social media becomes a useful tool for teachers to contact students about work or to help reluctant or shy students, abuses have surfaced with teachers making inappropriate contact leading in some cases to sexual abuse.
Citing free speech issues, a Missouri judge recently threw out a new law banning contact on the social media between teachers and students, but the need for boundaries remains as school districts struggle to balance free speech and student safety. -db
From The New York Times, December 17, 2011, by Jennifer Preston.
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