Student Video Fuels School Free-Speech Debate
A lawsuit over a student government campaign video that some considered racially insensitive fuels an ongoing debate about schools’ rights to limit free speech.
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GOP Candidate Equates Uncivil Politics With Lack of Religion in Schools
Virginia’s Republican candidate for Senate blamed the lack of civility in modern politics on the removal of Christian values from public schools at a candidate forum Sunday.
Read moreSchool Bust
The Ninth Circuit affirmed Monday that San Bernardino County, the Etiwanda School District and sheriff’s officers violated the constitutional rights of three middle-school girls who were arrested in school, “to prove a point,” after repeated accusations of bullying, fighting and disrespect.
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The Texas American Federation of Teachers and Texas State Teachers Association claim in a federal complaint that the Texas Education Agency and Education Commissioner Mike Morath exceeded their authority by issuing rules that relaxed standards for charter schools.
Read moreAssault & Battery
A mother claims in court that a teacher at Challenger School – Silverado, part of the private school chain Challenger School Foundation, forced her first-grade son to stand in front of class and taped his mouth shut to discipline him.
Read moreLead, Copper Force Detroit Schools to Turn Off Water
Detroit officials said Wednesday the city will shut off drinking water in all of its schools after testing revealed elevated lead and copper levels in more than half of the 24 buildings.
Read moreSouthern California School District Settles Sex-Abuse Claims for $15 Million
A Southern California school district has agreed to pay over $15 million to settle sexual abuse lawsuits filed by eight former students.
Read moreOhio Schools Sued Over Teacher Who Had Student’s Baby
A former student filed a civil rights lawsuit against two Ohio school districts and a former teacher who groomed him for a sexual relationship and then had his baby, claiming school administrators knew what was going on but turned a blind eye.
Read moreOhio Sues to Recoup Money From Defunct E-School
Ohio filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to hold the founder of a shuttered online charter school personally liable for corruption, claiming he made millions of dollars by contracting with two businesses he owned for school services.
Read moreCivil Rights
A high school girl who was sexually assaulted on campus so violently that she needed surgery brought a federal complaint against Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, claiming it failed to protect her from her attacker, telling her mother: “If we punish him, we have to punish her.”
Read moreHigh Lead Levels in Water Affected Dozens of NC Schools
Unnerving North Carolina parents as they prepare to send their children back to school next month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has reported that drinking water at least 24 of its schools showed high lead levels last year.
Read moreJapan Queries All Medical Schools on Gender Discrimination
The Japanese government launched an investigation Friday into whether the nation’s medical schools have discriminated against female applicants, following revelations that one had done so for more than a decade.
Read moreFlorida Newspaper Faces Contempt for School Shooter Report
A Florida newspaper is facing a possible contempt charge after publishing details that were meant to be redacted in a report about a school district’s examination of the Parkland school shooting suspect.
Read moreJudge: School Bullying Policy Not Biased Against Conservatives
The University of Michigan’s prohibition of bullying and harassment does not violate conservative students’ right to free speech, a federal judge has ruled.
Read moreEU Court Says School Lacked Right to Post Travel Photo
Europe’s highest court sided Tuesday with a photographer who went after a German secondary school for posting his work on the internet as part of a student project.
Read moreTexas Republicans Squelch Gun Law Prospects
Texas schools have been adding metal detectors and armed personnel in an effort to improve campus security in response to the deadly May attack at a Houston-area high school that left eight students and two teachers dead.
Read moreSchool Board Report on Parkland Massacre Slated for Release
Attorneys for suspected Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz lost a bid to block the release of a county-commissioned report on his tumultuous time in the local school system.
Read moreJapan Urges Quick Probe of Female Med School Discrimination
Japan’s government urged a medical university to promptly disclose the results of an investigation into its admissions process after reports alleged it had altered the test scores of female applicants for years to deny them entry and ensure fewer women became doctors.
Read moreIllinois School Accused of Bias Against Pro-Gun Students
An Illinois high school student claims in court that school officials subjected her to ridicule by classmates during a walkout demonstration because of her pro-gun rights views.
Read moreEx-Dallas Superintendent Sued Over School-Bus Bribery
The defunct Dallas County Schools bus agency sued its former superintendent and a stop-arm vendor, claiming they orchestrated a massive pay-to-play bribery conspiracy that bilked taxpayers out of $125 million.
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