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As parents, it’s natural to want to protect your child’s privacy, but when they step onto school grounds, their rights are more limited than you might think. Schools have broad authority to conduct searches, and while...

In July 2024, the NYC City Council approved a bill about NYC Public Schools creating a uniform dress code. Previously, schools set their own dress codes. The goal of the district-wide dress code is to minimize discriminatory...

There is much more to consider in the case of the UCLA professor who banned students from recording her class, arguing that in a class with controversial topics, this is the only way to protect her students’ freedom of...

The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Education received a record number of complaints in the last fiscal year about discrimination against school students on the basis of sex, disability, race, gender, or other...

Every day, there seems to be another news story about states trying to ban cell phones on school grounds. In the latest batch, state officials in Connecticut and Arizona want to radically change students’ relationships with...

Governor Brad Little of Idaho has issued an executive order pushing back against the Biden administration’s latest changes to Title IX, particularly its expanded protections for LGBTQ+ students. Across the country, these new...

As school districts across the country start adopting their own cell phone bans in accordance with local or state laws, millions more students of all ages will be forced to give up a part of their modern identity for large parts...

Teachers have never had an easy job, but many K-12 educators in the modern day are having a much harder time vying for their students’ attention than ever before. The argument is that phones are increasingly becoming a...

Title IX law is in constant flux, with new rules and legal challenges continuing to shape how schools, colleges, and other institutions handle sex-based misconduct and discrimination.  Our firm closely monitors these...

A new A&E docuseries, Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life, is shining a spotlight on the hazing incident that changed Danny Santulli’s life forever. Danny, a former University of Missouri student, was...

Relatively recently in America’s history, the Bible was taught alongside textbooks, and state-sponsored prayer was present in many classrooms. However, following early 1960 court cases regarding First Amendment violations,...

Pro-Palestinian protests are nothing new on college campuses, and the University of Michigan regularly made headlines when the protests began. School administrators dismantled encampments and doled out discipline to student...

A recent finding against the University of Denver (DU) may put pressure on universities to stick closely to their own procedures when disciplining students. The Supreme Court’s ruling sides with students regarding their...

Most Americans hail from other parts of the world, whether through birth or ancestry. Americans who identify as Hispanic are one such group. In recognition of the positive influence Hispanic culture has in the United States, we...

Artificial intelligence is fun to play with online, and we hear some students have even checked out its ability to write papers (we’re sure they were just conducting “experiments” in the name of science). Here’s...

Seven years after a Penn State student’s death, two former fraternity brothers are pleading guilty to hazing and reckless endangerment. In 2017, Tim Piazza, a sophomore at Pennsylvania State University, tragically died after...

The federal government is considering ways to improve the way it measures and reports back to states their progress in educating special needs students. This comes after criticism that the latest reports are misleading and not as...

The case of David Kramer-Fried, a Temple University student, who pled guilty to counts of second-degree burglary and misdemeanor sexual abuse in June, has raised questions over criminal records and college admissions. Kramer-Fried...

An investigation into conditions at four of the country’s largest residential treatment facilities revealed shocking instances of abuse at the hands of staffers. If you or your student have faced abuse, neglect, or...

Morehouse College in Atlanta recently announced a pilot program where students in certain classes will be able to reach out to and interact with an artificial intelligence teaching assistant for extra study help outside of class....