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...The Muldrow School school board in Oklahoma has elected to remove Ten Commandments plaques, currently displayed in every classrooms, rather than risk a suit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Continue reading...A group of male students at Driver Elementary School were suspended by Suffolk Public Schools officials for pointing pencils at each other and making shooting noises.
Continue reading...The Kentucky Supreme Court, in 4-3 split, rules that a high school student, who was detained in the school office for questioning by an assistant principal regarding giving prescription drugs to a classmate in the presence of a school resource officer, was entitled to Miranda warnings before the school official began the questioning, and therefore any incriminating statements elicited from the student are subject to suppression in a subsequent juvenile proceeding.
Continue reading...Legislative efforts to allow armed teachers have had mixed results.
Continue reading...A Colorado jury has found Riddell, a football helmet manufacturer, negligent in failing to warn players about concussion dangers, in a lawsuit brought by the family of a severely injured high school football player.
Continue reading...Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer has signed a law providing strong new restrictions on the use of so-called “seclusion rooms” in schools. Arizona joins more than 30 other states that impose rules on the restraint of students in public schools.
Continue reading...The United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that use of a drug-sniffing dog by police officers on the front porch of a suspect’s home, without probable cause, a search warrant, or the homeowner’s consent, constituted an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.
Continue reading...A National Rifle Association (NRA) task force has issued a report, in response to the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, recommending the creation of programs that give additional weapons training to school resource officers as well as “selected and designated school personnel” who could then carry arms.
Continue reading...According to the Connecticut Law Tribune, the Connecticut Education Association is urging lawmakers to pass a bill that will allow teachers to decide on their own whether or not to break up student fights.
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