The Wall Street Journal, in an article published December 23, 2020 explores the topic of online cheating by high school students, commenting that some parents say its OK due to the stresses of the pandemic on their children. Of course,...
Continue Reading →As a student rights lawyer, we have recently had cases where a student is forced to abandon his dormitory room and, facing a closed university without classes to attend, may either seek a refund of prepaid dormitory fees and prepaid...
Continue Reading →A student rights lawyer focuses on issues of school safety, discipline, special education and student civil rights. It has been more than 25 years since President Clinton signed the GUN-FREE SCHOOLS ACT law...
Continue Reading →A student at a public college or university likely enjoys student equal protection rights, under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, in the context of the student’s treatment by the school in comparison with the school’s treatment of the...
Continue Reading →Schools in the “Old Days” conjured images of “reading, writing, arithmetic” and receiving School Discipline in the form of writing 100 times on the blackboard: “ I will not throw Spitballs.” Today’s default discipline recommendations are much harsher and much...
Continue Reading →A few weeks ago the current Title IX sexual assault guidelines were addressed by Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education, in which she criticized the Obama administration's policies. Secretary DeVos announced a plan to begin the process of change to...
Continue Reading →Post-tenure review is a process that begins following a specified period of time after the award of tenure has been granted a teaching professional and continues to occur at intervals unless a promotion review takes place. Tenure is described in...
Continue Reading →An academic appeals lawyer confronts several challenges in the process of persuading the courts to grant a student relief when a grade is disputed, or if the student has been suspended or dismissed. The attorney has to show that there...
Continue Reading →A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could have a profound effect on a K-12 student with disabilities. On March 17, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public schools must provide a “free and appropriate public education” (FAPE) for students...
Continue Reading →K-12 student appeals for social media violations are becoming more prevalent. Student banter, that would have gone unnoticed in the pre-digital era, is now exposed to virtually anyone and potentially everyone. Social medial violations are an issue of concern across...
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