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Symposium Revisits Landmark Student-Speech Cases

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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No good can come of shifting the blame from the perpetrators to the system when it comes to organized cheating on standardized tests, writes Michael J. Feuer.
April 9, 2013 - Education Week
Concerns about the well-being of children of gay parents came up as the Supreme Court heard arguments on same-sex marriage.
April 2, 2013 - Education Week
Legal briefs in a pair of cases to be argued at the Supreme Court raise such issues as schools' treatment of same-sex parents and gay students and the possible impact on curriculum.
March 25, 2013 - Education Week
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on a provision of the Voting Rights Act that affects hundreds of school districts.
March 5, 2013 - Education Week
A state district court judge ruled the Texas school financing system unconstitutional, cheering hundreds of local districts that had sued.
February 19, 2013 - Education Week
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Hazelwood at 25
A Supreme Court decision that diminished students' First Amendment rights has had dire consequences on a generation of young people, writes Frank D. LoMonte.
February 5, 2013 - Education Week
January 29, 2013 - Education Week
Court battles continue to put pressure on policymakers at the state level, even in the wake of settled cases.
January 22, 2013 - Education Week
The impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1988 ruling in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier is still felt after a quarter-century.
January 8, 2013 - Education Week
The system for paying for Louisiana's far-reaching voucher program may have to be retooled, after a state judge ruled that its method of paying for private school scholarships violated the state's constitution.
December 11, 2012 - Education Week

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