(2004-01-27) Honor Rolls Blocked

Nashville Tn schools are stopping the posting of honor roll lists, and even of individual good projects, because parents of the kids left out say their Privacy is being violated. * Most states follow federal student privacy guidelines, which allow the release of such things as honor rolls, Department Of Education officials said... But Nashville school lawyers based their decision last month on a state privacy law dating to the 1970s - a law not always followed because no one challenged the honor-roll status quo.* An example of Gaming The System getting in the way of Educating Kids.