Missouri bans Teacher/Student Facebook Friendship

August 7th, 2011 - By Rashana A. Hooks

Missouri takes a stand on teacher/student relationship outside of the classroom with a new state law that limits teachers contact with students on social networks.

The law births from investigations involving Missouri teachers who lost their licensees because of sexual misconduct, some of which involved exchanging explicit online messages with students.

The law takes effect Aug 28th and will require local school districts to create written policies that outline “appropriate use of electronic media such as text messaging and internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. Read full story here…

Are you in favor of this ban? Do you think teachers/students should even be “friends”?

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  • Truth Hurts

    Social Networking is a technological advancement that is here to stay, therefore I think it should be allowed. 1) This allows teachers and students to understand each other better. 2) It's a world wide social network where both teachers and kids(unfortunately) are likely to be on FB.

    Does FB create a set of new possible issues..yes, but these days you have kids starting alot of drama in schools that started from FB (sad but true). Parent's need to be responsible for their child's actions, but I think it also helps if students knew there teachers were on fb possibly watching them too.

  • Tasha

    At my school they have a rule like that but students are allowed to friend teachers on fb after we graduate. I didnt have a problem with it as a student. And now I'm friends with some of my teachers.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/BlackRio Nicole 'Nikki' Barnes

    It is up to individual school district here and last year they did make a policy that prevent teachers from communicating with students and parents through FB. However exemptions had to be made because some of the teachers are involved with their student in other areas….like scouting/ church/ and other planning committee which often have them come in contact with the kids. But the parents are all aware and gave our approval as well.

  • Shouldnthave2say

    In my day students had teachers emails. But the teachers never communicated back with the students.

  • manc

    Why is this news? My school also had a ban even if the students had left

  • delamiel

    teachers and students should not be socializing outside of school context. Personal facebook accts are just a lawsuit or a job firing waiting to happen. What happens when either the teacher or the student become vindictive, hack their acct and blast their business for the world to see. and anyways y would a person even wanna b friends with their students is beyond me. establishing rapport is not friendship.

  • Ghost

    Do you think teachers/students should even be “friends”?
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    If that teacher has a relationship with that family of the student. It is fine. You can ban it all you like but that still won't stop the issue of teacher-student sexual relationships.

    Because you already have communities where it si FINE for grown folks to screw kids.

    I would rather have teachers be "friends" with kids online than not. How much stuff can that teacher learn from that kid's page that might be the difference between life and death of kid or staff member at school.

    I know one teacher that got heads up on a plan ot jump kids at her school because a kid warned her on Facebook.

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  • http://www.herperfectblackdress.com Dr. Reginia

    Absolutely not. I still work in the schools and any student in the building is NOT permitted to be on my personal FB page. A few fellow educators have "teacher pages" which are separate from their personal pages which I feel is fine. MO is on some BS though, extending school rules into my personal time is NOT ok.