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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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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
Hopes that students in Chicago could return to school Monday after a weeklong teachers' strike were dashed after the union's 800 delegates deferred a vote to end it.
September 17, 2012 | Updated: November 13, 2012 - Education Week
A federal appeals court panel strikes down an Alabama immigration-law provision as unconstitutional.
August 28, 2012 - Education Week
The Columbus City Schools tried to buy two pages of the personnel file on its former internal auditor, who said this month she was fired in 2005 for trying to investigate data rigging.
August 27, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune
The scope of the Philadelphia School District’s problem with suspicious erasures on state standardized tests is far more widespread than officials have publicly revealed.
August 17, 2012 - Education Week
The Easton Area School District's appeal of a federal court ruling to allow "I (heart) Boobies" bracelets to be worn by students at school will heard by the entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
August 16, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune
Parents seeking to overhaul a California elementary school court outside groups to help after recent legal victory.
August 7, 2012 - Education Week
'Won’t Back Down,' due out next month, takes a fictional look at a controversial parent-driven school overhaul tactic.
August 7, 2012 - Education Week
The state education department launches a statewide investigation after three districts are implicated.
August 7, 2012 - Education Week
July 17, 2012 - Education Week

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