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...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...A complaint has been filed with the federal Office for Civil Rights charging that New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against African-American and Hispanic students.
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...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...The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association is seeking to overturn state law that has allowed boys to play on girls’ high school sports teams for decades.
Continue reading...On April 29, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McBurney v. Young that it’s legal for a state to limit use of its Freedom of Information Act to its own residents.
Continue reading...The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, a case addressing the issue of whether an employee must prove that the sole reason for an employer’s action was retaliation or if a successful discrimination claim can be made in situations where retaliation was at least one of two or more motivating factors.
Continue reading...The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the California Department of Education (CDE) alleging CDE has ignored its obligation to make sure that thousands of students learning English receive adequate and legally required assistance.
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