[RP TownTalk] PG County Board of Education

[Sarah Wayland]

I'm pretty sure it comes from curriculum development work that
teachers are doing that the school wants to profit from. That said,
there have also been students who have written essays or created books
as part of classroom assignments that they gone on to publish (one
such story is at the end of the article Kate linked to in her first
message.)

Andy my husband rightly points out that the second half of the
paragraph I quoted below says "works created during school/work hours,
with the use of school system materials, and within the scope of a ...
 student’s classroom work assignment(s) are the properties of the
Board of Education."

*That* is ridiculous.

-Sarah


On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com> wrote:
> I too share some concern, but I'm much more curious to know what's behind
> this - what "employee and/or student" is getting so rich off their school
> product that the PGCBE feels the need to claim title to it???
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I cannot find the actual policy - I got the info below from another
>> article on the Oh So Reliable Internet.
>>
>> (http://theartguy.tumblr.com/post/42193801173/prince-georges-considers-copyright-policy-that-takes)
>>
>> “Works created by employees and/or students specifically for use by
>> the Prince George’s County Public Schools or a specific school or
>> department within PGCPS, are properties of the Board of Education even
>> if created on the employee’s or student’s time and with the use of
>> their materials... Further, works created during school/work hours,
>> with the use of school system materials, and within the scope of an
>> employee’s position or student’s classroom work assignment(s) are the
>> properties of the Board of Education.”
>>
>> Though I'm concerned about the "and/or students" part of this policy,
>> it does also say "specifically for use by the Prince George’s County
>> Public Schools or a specific school or department within PGCPS" so I
>> don't think it would apply to an essay or such that was written by a
>> student as an assignment unless that assignment was then used in
>> subsequent curriculum by the school.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> -Sarah
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Kate Sharpe <katherinesharpe at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I am appalled by the Prince George's County Board of Education proposal
>> > I
>> > read about this morning in the Washington Post to copyright all student
>> > and
>> > teacher work in the district:
>> >
>> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/prince-georges-considers-copyright-policy-that-takes-ownership-of-students-work/2013/02/02/dc592dea-6b08-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html?hpid=z1
>> >
>> > If you have concerns about this proposed policy, I would encourage you
>> > to
>> > write to your school board representative to express your opinion:
>> > peggy.higgins at pgcps.org
>> >
>> > The other school board members can be found here:
>> > http://www1.pgcps.org/board/.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Kate Sharpe
>> > 4800 Ravenswood
>> >
>> >
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