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A suspended Columbia University student’s federal lawsuit against U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx shows how outside forces can influence a student’s disciplinary outcome. A congressional investigation, social media posts,...

Medical schools hold their students to incredibly high standards, both academically and in terms of the broad, often vaguely defined category of “professionalism.” Even a single allegation of unprofessional conduct can have...

A Nebraska Public Media article is drawing attention to the long-term effects of suspensions for preschoolers and the disparities among the children schools are suspending. Studies show a correlation between childhood suspensions...

As a parent, your every instinct tells you to protect your child at all costs. When their school ignores your child’s learning accommodations or IEP, mishandles a disciplinary issue, or treats them unfairly, you immediately...

Most parents know schools keep disciplinary records. Fewer know this: in California, parents have the legal right to respond to those records in writing — and to have that response included in the student’s file. That...

Because college and university faculty members exercise discretion when addressing their students’ misuse of artificial Intelligence (AI), the same and similar violations can result in radically different disciplinary...

The U.S. Department of Education released a proposal in March that could significantly change how states report data under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). While the proposal has been framed as an effort...

If you’re accused of misconduct while in school, think twice before agreeing to talk to school officials during the investigation. While this can provide an opportunity to give your side of the story, it’s also a stage...

When you have to go, you have to go. But at a growing number of schools, the price of taking a bathroom break is digital surveillance. New systems like SmartPass clock the time a student leaves the classroom, where they go, and...

The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that excessive numbers of preschoolers are getting kicked out of school due to their developmental or learning disabilities. While this practice is illegal under both Pennsylvania and federal...

It’s a parent’s nightmare—a phone call from the principal’s office telling you that your child has been disciplined for some misconduct. And it doesn’t matter whether they’ve received an in-class...

If you have been accused of any type of misconduct by your high school, college, or university, and video footage is being used to support the school’s allegation against you, it may feel as though you have already been...

Under the education code in Massachusetts, schools must provide any K-12 student they are considering suspending or expelling with re-engagement options—such as restorative justice, mediation, and conflict resolution—and...

The hearing is over. The school found your student not responsible. You exhale. Then, weeks or months later — maybe during a college application, a transfer, or a request for records — something turns up. A notation. A flag. A...

Every few years, a familiar argument about students with disabilities rears its ugly head again. Critics say that special education has become bloated, and that students with milder disabilities are taking resources from kids who...

Here’s a situation that arises more often than most parents think. A student gets called into the principal’s office over online activity, like a message on WhatsApp or a conversation on Signal. It’s usually...

It started out like any average English class assignment. Write a horror story. Try playing with perspective. Push on that line between imagination and reality a little. See what happens. A 10th-grade honors student at Waterbury...

Mashable, a globally recognized platform for digital culture news, turned to the LLF National Law Firm’s Student Defense Team when it wanted to understand why college students are hiring lawyers when they’re accused...

The superintendent of a school district in Oregon has been charged with obstructing an investigation into sexual assault at a local high school, and the LLF National Law Firm’s Education Law Team is fighting on behalf of an...

For the past few years, colleges and universities across the United States have been reexamining their approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In many cases, DEI offices are being scaled back or shut down altogether....