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Article by Sarah Stiner , Sharon Silbert , Eric M. Roher James Fu, and Eva Chan
ONTARIO JUDGE RULES THAT PUNCHING A BULLY CAN BE JUSTIFIED IN SELF-D...
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The body of state and federal constitutional provisions; local, state, and federal statutes; court opinions; and government regula...
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Zirkel and Vance survey to show that education law is staple in the American law school curriculum with a majority of law schools offering at least one course in general education law. The frequency remains notably less than the prevalence in graduate programs in education leadership. Perhaps this paucity is at least partially attributable to coverage special education law in other courses, as clarified by some respondents' comments, such as the general education law course, a disability law course, or constitutional law and civil rights.
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Understanding the Privacy Rights of HIPAA & FERPA in Schools
Public school districts regularly receive medical information concerning its students a...
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WASHINGTON - The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation's poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world.
Yet after a decade on the books, President George W. Bush's biggest domestic accomplishment has become a symbol to many of federal overreach and Congress' inability to fix something that's clearly flawed.
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Another cultural divide, this time between life on campus and life in the rest of society, is illustrated by Linda S. Greene in her chapter on Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth. n In Southworth, a conservative student attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison challenged the mandatory fee collected from all students and used to support a variety of student organizations, including some with political and ideological agendas that were repellent to him. [...] it is worth reading especially if you think you already know something about these cases.
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The Friends of Early Childhood Intervention will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Elementary School, 330 Oak Manor Drive.
Attorney Wayne Steedman will be the guest speaker. He will talk about special education law.
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New Jersey's acting education commissioner said Monday he would consider seeking a federal waiver from the No Child Left Behind law.
Critics of the law -- including many school superintendents in Bergen and Passaic counties -- have complained that its rating system unfairly stigmatizes good schools. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged all state education chiefs Monday to apply for waivers from the Bush-era law, which requires 100 percent of students to be proficient in math and reading by 2014. Many educators call that goal unrealistic.
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Court Allows a Citizen's Civil Rights Claims to Proceed Against a School Board President Accused of Silencing Speech
A U.S. District Court in Virgin...
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Understanding the Privacy Rights of HIPAA & FERPA in Schools
Public school districts regularly receive medical information concerning its students ...