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A recent court decision involving Ohio State University is a reminder that colleges and universities must follow fair disciplinary processes. Students also have the right to challenge disciplinary decisions that they believe are...

It is well understood that students do not lose all of their First Amendment rights when they walk onto their school campus. With the rise of social media and online communication, some schools seek to expand their authority to...

Texas schools are entering a new era of student discipline. Beginning with the 2025–2026 school year, major changes to the Texas Education Code expanded the circumstances under which students can be removed from class, increased...

The Gilmer County, GA, school district is under scrutiny after a second incident that, parents believe, violates students’ rights and protections under Title IX law. The first alleged violation involved one student grabbing...

After campus protests in the 2024-2025 academic year, many U.S. colleges adopted policies aimed at ending or limiting protests that caused a “substantial disruption” on campus. In some cases, these colleges sought to...

Members of the women’s basketball team at the University of Pittsburgh have filed a total of six lawsuits against head coach Tony Verdi, claiming that his mistreatment of them created a hostile environment and deprived them...

For humans to hallucinate, they must typically be severely deprived of water, on a mind-altering substance, or suffering from mental illness. For artificial intelligence to hallucinate, it must only exist. AI’s capacity to...

Generative artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming the go-to method for students to conduct research in both high school and college. The vast majority of students are genuinely excited about the prospect of using AI and...

We didn’t always have Behavioral Intervention Plans — back in the olden days, students who acted out at school were usually just punished for it. Since the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities...

A Wisconsin parent is suing a charter school and the district for their refusal to provide curriculum material from a Christian publisher with explicit religious content. The Lighthouse Learning Academy allows parents to have...

In an unprecedented and inauspicious turn of events, a national fraternity says it intends to sue the members of a campus chapter they believe were involved in hazing activities that critically injured another student. Fraternity...

AI tools have fundamentally changed education as we know it. And as much as some people wish we could put the genie back in the bottle, we can’t. Campuses nationwide are still in the midst of debates about what...

For years, federal civil rights enforcement acted as a backstop when schools crossed the line with student discipline, particularly in cases involving restraint, seclusion, disability rights, and discriminatory discipline. That...

To the dismay of many parents, reports are increasing nationwide of children facing strip searches in school. The reports indicate that a range of personnel, including nurses, school administrators, guidance counselors, and even...

In part 1 of this focus on the Department of Education’s last four disability discrimination resolutions of 2025, we looked at a Florida case where the school district failed to fully implement a student’s IEP during...

The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) published 98 resolution agreements in 2025 in cases involving discrimination on the basis of disability. The last four of these, added in December, issue findings in...

Colleges and universities want the best for all their students, and there’s no doubt that part of their role is protecting the health and safety of every student on their campus. Part of this job is protecting students from...

If the idea of being recorded while in a classroom makes you uncomfortable, you’re not alone. And you’re right to worry. Because being recorded could cause all kinds of problems, whether you are a teacher or student...

Public colleges and universities that launch discipline investigations and issue sanctions over racist, antisemitic, or otherwise problematic speech may find themselves in court, defending lawsuits aimed at protecting...

Colleges have traditionally promoted learning, debate, and intellectual growth. But what happens when political advocacy enters the classroom? A recent case out of the University of California (UC), Berkeley, highlights just how...