The Supreme Court has agreed to decide if the invocation for the town meetings in Greece, NY improperly favored Christianity and are unconstitutional.
Continue reading...The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that school officials lacked authority to conduct a search of a student’s vehicle that was located off school grounds.
Continue reading...Richland School District’s new superintendent’s contract includes a provision requiring the superintendent to do his job morally.
Continue reading...A federal district court in the District of Columbia has denied a request for a preliminary injunction sought by parents attempting to block the school district’s plan to close 15 of its schools.
Continue reading...The Chicago Teachers Union has filed two lawsuits, on behalf of parents and their special needs children, to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools.
Continue reading...South Carolina school district reaches an $85,000 settlement agreement with an English teacher who made national headlines after stomping on an American flag in front of his classes and faced dismissal as a result.
Continue reading...The Sixth Circuit has ruled that a Tennessee school district’s student assignment plan does not violate African-American students’ Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights.
Continue reading...The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Michigan statute, which prohibits public schools from collecting union dues from its employees, does not violate the rights of teachers or their unions under the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Continue reading...A group of California parents and students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Compton school district alleging a pattern of abuse and racial profiling of Latinos by school police.
Continue reading...A Florida Appeals court has ruled that a college did not violate the state public records law by refusing to provide a professor with an unredacted copy of a student’s email complaining about the professor’s classroom behavior and teaching methods, because the email was protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
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