Is my school allowed to look up students' tweets!?

[ornery and mean]

Sorry, yes they can search for your social networking posts. 3 days is not extreme punishment either.

Hey! The students were given a privilege (having cell phones on you during school hours), that privilege came with a responsibility (no social networking during school hours). Some students took the privilege and respected the rules, others (obviously) did not.

For those that did respect the rules ... no penalty! Those that violated the rules ... got to pay the penalty!

When you get out in the working world ... every keystroke you make on the company network can be watched. Updating your facebook or tweeting during work hours is likely to have more severe penalties.