Tag: 14th Amendment
Judge won’t stop a transgender policy in Dist. 211
Students at northwest-suburban high schools would probably agree: students should use bathrooms based on gender identity.
A high school student’s view of equality
Even with the #MeToo movement, women (and high school girls) have a long way to go before actual equality can be achieved.
Penn. school funding fight can proceed to trial
A nationally famous school funding case can proceed to trial, the Penn. Supreme Court ruled. The decision could affect schools everywhere.
No reasonable expectation of privacy in a classroom
A teacher who changed in his classroom for after-school activities was videotaped by the school; he can't sue them under the 4th or 14th Amendment.
Feds withdraw sexual assault investigation rules
The US Ed. Dept. issued interim guidance that will replace some Obama administration rules for how schools investigate sexual assault.
Students mark 60 years of integration in Little Rock
Later this month, students in Little Rock and the surrounding area will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the integration of Central H.S.
U.S. signals major shift in sex assault investigation
Schools may soon have new guidance from the feds on how sexual assaults should be investigated, Betsy DeVos told the country.
Teacher-student sex law in Ala. unconstitutional?
In Alabama, a state law prohibits 18-year-olds (or younger) from consenting to sex with someone who works at a school—any school.
Wis. SD asks Supreme Court about transgender case
The bathroom (and locker room/shower) question keeps coming up regarding transgender students. Maybe the Supreme Court should just decide this.
Some social studies looks like fiction under Trump
What should teachers do about questions they are sure to receive about the violence in Charlottesville last weekend?