Michael BThis study focused on the problem of an increasing number of special education-related lawsuits against school districts. The purpose was to identify information in past special education due process cases and current school system practices that may help reduce or prevent a school system's...
Board of Education (de jure segregation in public schools); San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (equity across school districts in state funding for public education); Lau v. Nichols (English language instruction to non-English speaking public school students); Hazelwood School ...
Currently, the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, pays the lawyers for the districts. This process is done in secrecy and without approval by the local school boards, so the public never sees the lawsuits. Instead, these decisions ...
Throughout the United States, 37 state constitutions had “Blaine Amendments” that unfairly denied thousands of lower-income families the ability to give their children the best education possible. On June 30, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court (finally) affirmed the right of parents to direct the ...
This was particularly true in the post World War II era, as demonstrated by the numerous lawsuits they filed against school districts in the Southwest to promote educational reform and improve the quality of education for their children. For the most part, the scholarship on Mexican American ...
The effects of this preparation gap are denial of a free and appropriate public education to students with disabilities, lack of needed supervision to special education teachers, and in some cases, lawsuits and financial sanctions against school districts. The sample for the ...
When handling lawsuits brought against schools and other child- and youth-oriented organizations on grounds of negligence, discrimination, bullying, abuse, student injury, disability matters, and other student or employee rights violations, plaintiff... ...
A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits over its high levels of toxic emissions. No description available Trump's win brings uncertainty to borrowers hoping for student loan forgivenessRe...
Majority Black Louisiana elementary school to shut down amid lawsuits over toxic air exposureRead full article: Majority Black Louisiana elementary school to shut down amid lawsuits over toxic air exposure A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next...
A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits over its high levels of toxic emissions. No description available Trump's win brings uncertainty to borrowers hoping for student loan forgivenessRe...