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Maryland School Policy Forces Students to Surrender Privacy—Is It Constitutional?

Maryland School Policy Forces Students to Surrender Privacy—Is It Constitutional?

A Maryland elementary school’s new device policy is forcing families to surrender student privacy in exchange for education access. This Civic Ledger investigation examines the policy’s constitutional risks—and the broader question of privacy in public schools.

Independence, Accountability, and the Unfinished American Ledger

Introducing The Civic Ledger on the Fourth of July Every Fourth of July, the sky ignites with fireworks, a loud and brilliant tribute to American independence. But behind the fanfare, the bedrock principles of that experiment—true self-governance and the restraint of power—demand more than celebration. They demand our