Federal judge dismisses Pennsylvania “blogging” teacher’s First Amendment claim [NSBA Legal Clips, 7/31/14]: A U.S. District Court judge blocked a lawsuit by a former Pennsylvania teacher against her ex-employer. The judge, citing past cases that pitted public employee against employer, ruled that the teacher’s negative blog posts about her students did not provide enough value to the “larger discussions of educational reform,” to outweigh the district’s right to maintain an “efficient” educational environment.

http://legalclips.nsba.org/2014/07/31/federal-judge-dismisses-pennsylvania-blogging-teachers-first-amendment-claim/
The School Law Blog posts at this site on the case:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2014/07/teachers_blog_posts_slamming_s.html 

The case at hand is Munroe v. Central Bucks School District and can be viewed at: https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/14D0602P.pdf

California AG asks court to clarify opinion and issue final decision in Vergara teacher tenure case  [NSBA Legal Clips, 7/31/14]: California Attorney General (AG) Kamala Harris has filed a request, without indicating whether the state will file an appeal, asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to clarify some points in the tentative decision and issue a final opinion in Vergara v. California, the recent teacher tenure case.

http://legalclips.nsba.org/2014/07/25/california-attorney-general-asks-court-to-clarify-opinion-and-issue-final-decision-in-vergara-teacher-tenure-case