Is it a bad sign when I find myself agreeing with our current Supreme Court?
In arguments this past week about the case I mentioned (involving peer grading in classrooms and whether this violated a Federal law regarding educational record confidentiality), the Supremes certainly seemed less than welcoming to the outrages clamed by the plaintiff.
Mr. Wright said schools should seek prior parental consent as they now do for sex education, special examinations and field trips.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that sounded like allowing one parent veto power over the class.
Mr. Wright said the law sponsors sought to shield the entire grading system and block schools from the “unfettered, unshackled right to disclose a record to anyone they choose,” even to publish exam scores in the newspaper.
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist chided Mr. Wright, saying the attorney was arguing that an adverse ruling “would allow a teacher to do something that no teacher has ever done.”
(Via Overlawyered)