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Going off to college can be exciting and fun, but it can also be stressful. Many students find themselves away from their families and independent for the first time in their lives. One of the ways new students can gain an instant...

Do you feel safe on your college or university campus? If you answered “yes” to that question, you’re lucky—and chances are that you’re not Jewish. While students everywhere experience discrimination and...

We live in a political and social climate where all discourse is suspect, even academic discourse. Colleges and universities should be places where ideas can be discussed in open, thoughtful ways and where freedom of speech should...

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...

In the United States, special education is a right designed to protect students with disabilities and allow them the opportunity to gain an education like any other child. While federal and state regulations—including the...

College and university campuses often comprise historic buildings, high-tech facilities, and valuable items of all types, from laboratory instruments to athletic gear to rare manuscripts to high-end audio-video equipment. In other...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) insists that an elementary school in Girard, Kansas, overturn a policy barring boys from wearing long hair. This comes after an 8-year-old Native American student, a Wyandotte Nation...

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the current administration’s goal of publishing two new rules to Title IX that would protect LGBTQ+ students and further clarify Section 504 for students with disabilities.  ...

At the beginning of President Biden’s administration, the U.S. Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, and the Education Department began updating and overturning several regulations to advance racial equity and prevent...

As well-known by parents of children with disabilities, kids   with disabilities are frequently discriminated against in school admissions. Moreover, even when admitted to a school, many students face...

Since early October 2023, the armed conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas has created untold strife and suffering—not just in the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas, where the war is primarily...

Special education services have always posed a funding challenge. In Idaho and across the country, schools must provide services to help students of all abilities meet their potential. But often, the state doesn’t provide...

Online work isn’t new to the 21st century. But when COVID shut down many colleges and universities in 2020, the world of higher education began embracing remote work for its employees in full force. Schools moved to online...

No child deserves verbal abuse—full stop. However, when the student in question is a special education student, the story becomes significantly more disturbing. Young special education students need support to thrive. They...

Colleges and Universities have a considerable amount of power to discipline students for a wide variety of actions that the schools label as misconduct. Despite their written disciplinary policies and procedures that are supposed...

Self-time-outs for students, particularly special education students, is a strategy that many use to manage their anxiety and behavioral issues. In theory, this sounds like a good idea. In practice, it can lead to issues. For...

Academic dishonesty is on the rise. Or so we keep hearing. With the rise of artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT and increasing technology use and collaboration at school, it can be challenging for teachers to know when...

We know the dangers of vaping, but heavy-handed punishments for vaping in school only endanger students further. Poor as students’ decision to vape may be, we see story after story documenting the tragic consequences of...

Suspension from school is generally the minimum punishment when a student is responsible for misconduct like cheating, fighting with other students, or even using profanity. But this disciplinary measure can be overused, and is...

Generative artificial intelligence’s (AI) ability to learn from and produce text, images, and other media with minimal human involvement can enrich students’ learning experience, but it can also undermine the...