Expanded support for homeless students
Federal requirements for protecting educational access for homeless children expands even as their numbers also increase.
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Kappan Contributor: Julie Underwood
The transgender question: What are schools to do?
As the debate goes on, schools must protect students and comply with the law.
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The legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia
Justice Antonin Scalia had a profound effect on the U.S. Supreme Court, consistently adhering to and promoting, sometimes scornfully, a strict constructionist application of the U.S. Constitution.
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Modern student speech and T-shirt jurisprudence
The law regarding students’ freedom of expression at school still gives administrators broad authority to block offensive messages.
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Under the Law: When is enough enough?
Lurid details of pervasive harassment are not sufficient for districts to lose a lawsuit. This lack of legal recourse for children means they are left to depend on those in the system for protection.
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Schools should heed concerns over sports’ brain injuries
As states make new laws on sports-related head injuries, districts and schools must adapt and operate new protocols.
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