Social Studies

Upon questioning in front of an SRO, also a sworn police officer, should a student be informed of his right to remain silent and have an attorney prior to giving any answers? It depends on the state.

In a letter to the UN, people from Chicago try to stop the closing of 49 schools by asserting the closings violate human rights.

Bullying on a school bus may make the bus driver liable for civil damages, based on the of common carrier. It's never a good idea to fail to stop bullying.

Asking students to step into the hallway, leaving their backpacks at their desks, while a police-trained dog sniffs their backpacks for illegal drugs has raised a few constitutional questions in one Missouri case.

A Fourth Amendment case heard in the Delaware Supreme Court has determined that police can't bring a student in for questioning just to scare another student into confessing a crime.

A W.Va. school district has agreed that forcing students to take classes where one sex is barred from participation, without their explicit permission, is a violation of federal law.

The Supreme Court remanded an affirmative action case to the lower court for reconsideration under a stricter legal standard. The decision may be the beginning of the decline of affirmative action.