There's a big article in the new Esquire about the Northern Illinois school shooter, Steve Kazmierczak (A Portrait Of The School Shooter As A Young Man, via Jezebel). He was in a group home. He was highly medicated for a while. He was overweight. It will probably happen again.
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It's a pretty amazing article that all of us in education would be well served to read through to the finish. After Virginia Tech and NIU the Chronicle of Higher Ed did a series of articles; I remember one commentary especially from a professor on the interplay between FERPA, HIPPA, and safety.
When privacy and public safety are at odds with one another, who should win?
Posted by: Ryan | July 30, 2008 at 18:36 PM