No, she doesn’t, for privacy reasons. I think there is a school server that she and her students can log into to see their work, but it isn’t public at all.
This problem seems to be solvable. One parochial school that wanted me to record some video of kids and teachers said they have a blanket legal wording in their enrollment signup form so all students are covered. In the rare case where a parent doesn’t want their kid to be part of any activities that might be recorded and/or broadcast, they are told to stay home that day or at least absent themselves from the room.
And local news services (paper, radio) say there simply isn’t a problem with news and feature material, although I guess longer media use might be different.
Still, student use of media for student training purposes doesn’t necessarily have to have their face. An art video or poster project might not show people at all.
Damn, we have a great one, but it’s private… meaning that if I send you a link, it would require you to log in or you won’'t be able to access the site. Only parents, staff and students in middle school on up can have accounts, but I can tell you a few things about it.
On the elementary level, it is mostly a communication tool between teachers, admin and parents. Teachers all have blogs where they post the daily homework and what happened that day, including pictures of special events. They also provide links to educational sites (e.g. IXL math) where kids can practice and enhance skills. Admin posts upcoming events, downloadable forms, cafeteria menu, sells school merchandise, pta memberships etc, via paypal.
At the middle and high school level, the kids also have accounts. All grades, assignments, etc are on the site. They also have an iPad program that is being piloted but I’m not exactly sure how that works as my kids are still in elementary. They have study forums where kids and teachers interact on various subjects and kids can study together, ask questions, etc. I’m sure there’s a lot more features that I am not aware of since my kids aren’t there yet.
The site was designed by http://www.edlio.com/. This might be another good place to direct them to: http://edudemic.com/
There are ways around it, and the permission slip is part of the first-day-of-school paperwork that has to be signed. Besides, the school generally knows which students must be anonymous, and will accommodate accordingly. One strategy is to keep kids who don’t have permission in a separate part of the room, off camera. Media are generally pretty respectful of parents’ wishes, and kids who can’t be photographed generally aren’t. Generally speaking, it’s only a problem when it is; otherwise, you don’t have to worry about it.
That said, there is a big difference between a parochial school, which can set certain requirements as conditions for attending, and a public school, which can’t. Things that are acceptable in a parochial school may not be in a public setting.
Finally, when you’re talking about student media, you’re getting into law as it pertains to minors. Most certified journalism teachers are aware of the issues and know how to work around them.
To be honest, now that I have at least a vague idea of what you’re interested in, I have serious doubts that there are many (if any) schools that are publicly posting their journalism materials. The one place I worked for had a very strict policy regarding anything that wasn’t advertising for new students to be under an electronic lockdown. This was a private school where it would’ve been easy to have those sorts of permission slips, but generally it wasn’t considered an option because the school culture emphasized privacy for students and their families while participating in school activities that occurred on-campus.