The Pop-tart gun case gets a public hearing
When a 2nd grader was suspended after he had chewed a breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun, we were puzzled. Many facts have now come to light.
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1st Amendment in the LA Clipper bigotry case
We have a brief comment, not about Donald Sterling's fine for racism, but on the 1st Amendment's non-applicability in this case.
Wash. becomes 1st state to lose its NCLB waiver
Washington's NCLB waiver was rescinded last week, a move that seems to signal a return to enforcing a federal law everyone calls a failure.
Va. teacher sues nurse, school over strip search
A nurse and other school officials are being sued because they conducted a strip search of a teacher's body in order to determine if she had scabies.
SCOTUS: Mich. voters can ban affirmative action
The Supreme Court said a state may amend its constitution to ban race-conscious, affirmative-action admissions decisions at public colleges.
FL Christian club sues school for equal access to posters
A Christian club and a gay-straight alliance club, with backing from the ACLU, don't usually go together. But in Lake County, Fla., it has happened.
Hinsdale board members may access school records
Board members in Hinsdale Twp. H.S. Dist. 86 could get better access to school records than in the past, thanks to the settlement of a lawsuit.
Doing more to report & prevent child sexual abuse
The Ind. Supreme Court will let the criminal conviction stand of a principal who failed to report suspected child abuse (to police or child services).
Appeal denied for company refusing to serve gay client
The Supreme Court won't hear a case in which a photographer wants to assert a constitutional right to refuse to photograph a gay commitment ceremony.
US ED orders a Mich. school to take down new bleachers
When athletic boosters raise funds to improve bleachers on a baseball field, do they have to make similar improvements at the softball field?