If you have any questions about our policies or your data, please reach out to us via email at [email protected] or call 800-360-6332.
[Updated September 2024]
These terms of use describe your rights and responsibilities when using the Responsive Classroom® website. Please read them carefully. By using the Responsive Classroom website, you accept these terms of use, and you agree to the collection and use of information as described in the Privacy Policy section of this document.
Center for Responsive Schools, Inc. (CRS), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with headquarters in Turners Falls, MA, is the developer of the Responsive Classroom approach and the owner of theResponsive Classroom website: responsiveclassroom.org (Website). We reserve the right to update or modify the Terms of Use for responsiveclassroom.org without advance notice by posting a revised Terms of Use to the Website. We encourage you to review the Terms of Use periodically. CRS may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website, including the release of new tools and resources. Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
By using responsiveclassroom.org, you agree to be bound by the version of the Terms of Use then in effect. If at any point you no longer agree to the Terms of Use, please discontinue your use of responsiveclassroom.org. CRS may deny service to you at any time, including in the event you do not adhere to the Terms of Use.
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy, please email us at:If you have any questions about our policies or your data, please contact: If you have any questions about this policy please feel free to reach out to us via email at [email protected].
You may also reach us by phone: 800-360-6332 or by mail:
Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
85 Avenue A, P.O. Box 718
Turners Falls, MA, 01376-0718
Use of the Responsive Classroom website is not restricted to registered users, but you must create an account to access some features. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and you are responsible for all activities that occur under the account and for any other actions taken in connection with it. You must not use your account in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others. CRS may change or remove any postings by you it considers inappropriate or unlawful or otherwise likely to cause CRS liability. CRS will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
You agree that the information you provide to CRS and other members of the Responsive Classroom online community during registration and at all other times will be true, accurate, current, and complete. You also agree that it is your responsibility to keep this information accurate and up-to-date.
You must notify CRS of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure (e.g., in the event of a loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure or use of your username or password), then you agree to immediately notify CRS by emailing [email protected] or calling 800-360-6332.
Children under the age of 13 may not create an account at responsiveclassroom.org.
CRS may now or in the future permit the posting by You and other Users of comments, written works, images, audio works, audio-visual works or other communications (collectively, “User Postings”) and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User Postings. You understand that whether or not such User Postings are published, CRS does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any submissions.
By submitting content to CRS for inclusion on responsiveclassroom.org, you grant CRS a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the content in whole or in part, in any media formats and through any media channels (now known or hereafter developed). You also irrevocably grant the Website’s users the right to access your postings in connection with their use of the Site. If you delete content, CRS will use reasonable efforts to remove it from responsiveclassroom.org, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the content may not be made immediately unavailable.
You are solely responsible for Your User Postings and the consequences of posting or publishing them. By uploading and publishing Your User Postings, You affirm, represent, and warrant that:
(1) You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and to authorize CRS and CRS’s Users to use and distribute Your User Postings as necessary to exercise the licenses granted by You in this Section and in the manner contemplated by CRS and these Terms of Use;
(2) Your User Postings do not and will not:
(a) infringe, violate, or misappropriate any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right or
(b) slander, defame, libel, or invade the right of privacy, publicity or other property rights of any other person;
(3) Your User Postings do not contain any viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other malicious code. Violators of third-party rights may be subject to criminal and civil liability. CRS reserves all rights and remedies against any User who violates these Terms.
(4) Your User Postings are relevant to the Responsive Classroom community, in keeping with CRS’s mission, and contain no advertisements.
You understand that when using the Site You will be exposed to User Postings from a variety of sources, and that CRS is not responsible for the content of such User Postings (including, without limitation, the accuracy, usefulness, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Postings). You further understand and acknowledge that You may be exposed to User Postings that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent or objectionable, and You agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies You have or may have against CRS with respect thereto.
CRS does not endorse or adopt any User Postings or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein, and CRS expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Postings. If notified by a User or a content owner of a User Posting that allegedly does not conform to these Terms of Use, CRS may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to remove the User Posting, which it reserves the right to do at any time and without notice.
You agree that CRS, in its sole discretion, for any or no reason, and without penalty, may terminate any account (or any part thereof) You may have with CRS or Your use of the Site and remove and discard all or any part of Your account, User profile, and any User Posting, at any time. CRS may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing access to the Site, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of Your access to the Site or any account You may have or portion thereof may be effected without prior notice, and You agree that CRS will not be liable to You or any third party for any such termination.
The copyright of the materials on the Website is owned by Center for Responsive Schools, Inc. and/or the copyright owners who have given Center for Responsive Schools, Inc. permission to use their materials on this website.
You acknowledge and agree that the information and materials presented on or through responsiveclassroom.org will remain the property of CRS and its licensors or providers, and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and/or other proprietary rights and related laws, rules and regulations. The materials produced by or for CRS (including photographs, graphics, video and audio content) are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. All individual articles, content, and other elements, including photographs, comprising this compilation and produced by or for CRS are also copyrighted works. You agree to abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in any materials produced by or for CRS.
Except as specified in this section, you may not make copies of the materials on this website or reproduce them in any form, in whole or in part, unless you get written permission in advance from the copyright owner.
You may print, email, or otherwise share single copies of anything on this website for your own personal use. If you want to make multiple copies for distribution, please request permission from CRS. Send requests to [email protected].
The trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names displayed on responsiveclassroom.org (collectively the “Marks”) are the registered and unregistered trademarks of CRS, CRS’s licensors and suppliers, and others. All Marks on responsiveclassroom.org not owned by CRS are the property of their respective owners. The Marks owned by CRS, whether registered or unregistered, may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not CRS’s.
Responsiveclassroom.org provides links to other websites and resources. Because CRS has no control over these sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that CRS does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. CRS is providing these links to you only as a convenience.
Other websites may link or refer you to this website. CRS is not responsible for the content of those websites. Such referrals or links are not a warranty by CRS of the information and materials on the referring or linking websites. Neither are they an endorsement by CRS of the organizations or individuals operating those websites.
