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Washington's NCLB waiver was rescinded last week, a move that seems to signal a return to enforcing a federal law everyone calls a failure.
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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.
Can you measure colleges by return on investment?
You can look at college from a stripped-down study of how much return on investment you'll get from investing in that 4-year degree.
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?
County commissioners can’t open sessions with Jesus
In separating state from church, where does legislative prayer, the seeking of divine guidance before public meetings, come in?