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Key players on both sides come together to discuss pivotal U.S. Supreme Court cases involving students' free-speech rights. (October 2, 2012)

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08/01 09:35 am | Judge Rejects Education Dept. Subpoena Against Private Group | A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Department of Education's attempt to enforce subpoenas against a California higher education group.

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By their nature, schools are places of rampant intellectual discourse. But school employees rarely have leeway to refuse direct or implied orders from higher-ups.
July 23, 2013 - Education Week
The U.S. Supreme Court's just-finished term included two major decisions affecting how race plays out in the nation's school districts.
July 9, 2013 - Education Week
While the Supreme Court decision leaves the door open to race-based admissions, it could make it harder for schools to justify racial preferences in court.
June 25, 2013 - Education Week
The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of a 6-year-old whose school barred her from using the girl's bathroom at school because she is transgender.
June 24, 2013 - McClatchy-Tribune
Many affected by the shutdowns vow to harness momentum from the battle and keep pressure on the school system.
June 4, 2013 - Education Week
Plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit challenging Arizona's practice of educating ELL learners in separate English-language classes for four hours a day are appealing a federal court ruling that upheld the practice.
May 14, 2013 - Education Week
May 13, 2013 - Education Week
Teachers represented in the lawsuit against the state education department argue that they are being graded against subjects and students they don't teach.
April 16, 2013 | Updated: May 7, 2013 - Education Week

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