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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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Pa. Plans Less-Severe Penalties for Minors Caught 'Sexting'
The new measure would make such acts a summary offense or a misdemeanor, depending on the circumstances, rather than the felony child-pornography charge currently filed in those cases.
October 30, 2012 - Education Week
Practical Hurdles at Play in Pa. Charter-Law Stumble
Lawmakers failed to agree on a bill to set up a commission looking into charter finance.
October 30, 2012 - Education Week
On Youth Sexting, Pa. and Other States Act to Prosecute, Not Persecute
In 2009, three teenage girls at Greensburg Salem High School in Western Pennsylvania sent nude or seminude cellphone pictures of themselves to their boyfriends.
October 19, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune
Former Schools Chief Sentenced to Prison
El Paso, Texas's ex-superintendent faces 42 months in prison for conspiring to boost students' scores on state tests.
October 16, 2012 - Education Week
High Court Hears Affirmative Action Challenge
Arguments in a case involving race-based admission policies at the University of Texas at Austin draw intense scrutiny.
October 15, 2012 - Education Week
Calif. Laws Aim to Curb Use of School Suspension
But the governor vetoed another bill that would have made it harder for schools to suspend for "willful disobedience."
October 4, 2012 - Education Week
Focus On: Student Speech
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 - Education Week
Calif. Laws Seek to Curb School Suspensions
But the governor vetoed another bill that would have made it harder for schools to suspend for 'willful disobedience.'
October 2, 2012 - Education Week
Schools Falter at Keeping ELL Families in the Loop
Communicating with parents is proving to be a big challenge for districts facing immigrant influxes for the first time.
October 2, 2012 - Education Week
Affirmative Action Case Up for Airing at High Court
K-12 programs could be affected by the outcome of a case on race-based college admissions coming up for argument at the U.S. Supreme Court.
September 28, 2012 - Education Week

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