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The Impact of Fisher v. Texas on Race-Conscious Assignment Decisions in K-12...
The big news this week in education is the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-1 decision in Fisher v. University of Texas. In Fisher, the Court held that the lower court should not have taken at face value the...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Upholds Discipline of Student For Off-Campus, Online Threat of...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined a growing number of federal courts of appeals that have addressed when public schools can discipline students for off-campus, online misconduct. The case...
View ArticleSettlement Reached in Case Over Jesus Portrait in Ohio Middle School
In an earlier blog post, we addressed whether an Ohio school district violated the First Amendment by hanging a portrait of Jesus in a middle school. The portrait allegedly was a gift to the school...
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Critical Limitations Soften Blow of Seventh Circuit Decision Voiding Indiana...
School districts across the country allow their athletic departments and coaches to regulate student player appearances, including rules requiring male players to wear short hair styles. In a recent...
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Iowa Case Highlights Often Overlooked Risk of Releasing Personal Emails in...
As a frequent advisor to school districts on freedom of information requests, the question I face most often is how a public body can protect a sensitive document from release. Rarely am I asked what...
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Supreme Court Declines to Review Case on Public School Graduations in Churches
The Supreme Court decided this week not to hear a recent case from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) regarding public school graduation...
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Race-Based Admissions and Assignment Policies Survive Another Legal Challenge...
Last year, I blogged about the impact of a higher education Supreme Court diversity case, Fisher v. University of Texas on K-12 schools. As discussed in that blog, although the decision was a higher...
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