Edwin C. Darden Archives

Federal law protects student clubs — even ones you don’t like

May 1, 2015 | Ed Law

If a school district allows students to form noncurricular clubs, it must allow all clubs.

Courts join crackdown on school bullies

Apr 1, 2015 | Feature Article

Bullying has proven resistant to school efforts to end the practice; now, the courts are joining the fight.

Think vaccinations are a pain? Try avoiding them in court

Mar 1, 2015 | Ed Law

When individual rights collide with the state’s authority to provide for the general welfare, the state almost always wins.

Technology weaves a tangled privacy web

Feb 1, 2015 | Ed Law

Technology affords greater ability to assist and monitor student learning and even track their movements. Can schools afford community backlash and potential lawsuits over alleged privacy violations?

Laws protect teen parents at school

Dec 1, 2014 | Ed Law

Title IX shelters pregnant teens and new parents from discrimination at school. Districts are responding with programs to further their academic development and life chances.